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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

online predators

PS3s Aiding Law Enforcement in Fight Against Internet Predators

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 14 October 2009

Tagged in: Virginia , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , U.S. Department of Homeland Security , Playstation 3 , online predators , Cyber Crimes Center (C3) , chat room(s)

During a recent visit to the Cyber Crimes Center (C3) in Fairfax Virginia, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano saw an usual sight: a silo of Sony Playstation 3s. Thanks to their superior mathematical abilities (a key element of contemporary computer games), the video consoles have been drafted by the federal agency to aid in password decryption.

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The "Craigslist Murder" Gets High-Gloss Treatment in Vanity Fair

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 10 September 2009

Tagged in: text message(s) , screen name(s) , online predators , murder , mobile forensics , instant messaging , e-mail(s) , criminal , Craigslist , cloud forensics , cellphone , America Online

Last April, a murder in Boston's tony Back Bay made headlines across the country. From one perspective, there was sadly nothing remarkable about the crime: a woman advertising erotic services ("massage") was assaulted and murdered by a customer. But what caught everyone's attention was the fact that the alleged killer found his victim on Craigslist, an online classified advertising site that included a category called "Erotic Services."

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Provocative Study Suggests Internet May Be Safer than We Think

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 08 May 2009

Tagged in: online predators , academics

David Finkelhor, the head of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, has published the results of a study of Internet predators and has reached a provocative conclusion: that the Internet is not any more dangerous for children than the brick-and-mortar world.

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