OK, for "solves" substitute "pretends to solve". I didn't mean that it was going to work. I was just pointing out the logic behind it.
I'm not in favor. Frankly, I think a big part of why really important crimes like the attempted rape of Ms. Moncayo go uninvestigated is task overloading on the police. They're being used as babysitters to protect people from themselves, and enforce polity, instead of focusing on catching and locking up people who are a danger to, and steal from, others. From: Dan Kaminsky [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:19 AM To: Tomas L. Byrnes Cc: [email protected]; Daniel Otis; [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] FW: Facebook may get 'panic button' 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:05 PM > To: Daniel Otis > Cc: [email protected] > 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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