Yes, because if there's one thing that's going to make the police stand up, it's a panic button on a website rather than a police report in their hand.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Tomas L. Byrnes <t...@byrneit.net> wrote: > While I don't think this is a good idea, the problem it solves is "Early > Warning". > > A less impressionable potential victim could draw attention to the > predator. > > Kind of like if the San Diego PD had taken Candice Moncayo's report > seriously, and processed the DNA that later led them to Gardner with > more speed, Chelsea King might still be alive. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] > > On Behalf Of valdis.kletni...@vt.edu > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:05 PM > > To: Daniel Otis > > Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org > > Subject: Re: [funsec] FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' > > > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:11:35 MDT, Daniel Otis said: > > > From the article the girl that started this rolling was 17. > Nothing > > > to do with pedophiles. > > > > In addition, the article says: > > > > "The conviction of Peter Chapman for the murder of 17-year-old > Ashleigh > > Hall led to renewed calls for a "panic button". > > > > The convicted sex offender lured the teenager to her death using > > Facebook." > > > > So she went to meet the guy and ended up dead. Sad, but let's think > > for a moment - if it's somebody you're planning to meet, are you going > > to push that panic button? No, you're going to push it if it's > > somebody creepy that you *don't* want to meet anyhow. > > > > So what problem is the panic button actually solving? > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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