Top 10 police database abuses (pointer)

2002-06-14 Thread Adam Shostack

http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/privacy/story/0,23008,3387549,00.html

 Law enforcement officers are supposed to protect and serve, but some
 corrupt cops misuse police databases to get dates and more Tuesday,
 6/11 at 9 p.m. Eastern on 'CyberCrime.'

 Your address, telephone number, Social Security number, date of
 birth, criminal record -- all this information and more can be
 accessed by police officers if they have basic information about
 you. Not surprisingly, some cops abuse their privilege and use their
 database access for less-than-honorable reasons. This week on
 CyberCrime we show you how some corrupt cops used police databases
 to harass exes and even get telephone numbers of pretty girls they
 see in cars.

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Re: Top 10 police database abuses (pointer)

2002-06-14 Thread keyser-soze

At 09:58 AM 6/14/2002 -0400, Adam Shostack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/privacy/story/0,23008,3387549,00.html

 Law enforcement officers are supposed to protect and serve, but some
 corrupt cops misuse police databases to get dates and more Tuesday,
 6/11 at 9 p.m. Eastern on 'CyberCrime.'

 Your address, telephone number, Social Security number, date of
 birth, criminal record -- all this information and more can be
 accessed by police officers if they have basic information about
 you. Not surprisingly, some cops abuse their privilege and use their
 database access for less-than-honorable reasons. This week on
 CyberCrime we show you how some corrupt cops used police databases
 to harass exes and even get telephone numbers of pretty girls they
 see in cars.

Good reasons for average citizens to obtain and use alternate identification.  Looks 
like we all need to play Spy Games if we want to control access to our personal 
information.

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