Natasha Singer reports: It’s the latest criminal investigation technique, and it gives new meaning to that old saw “the ties that bind.” Recently, forensic scientists in California used a genetic analysis procedure called “familial searching” or “kinship searching” to help the police identify a suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” serial murder case — and they…
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Questions Surround Law That Limits Frisk Data
Al Baker reports: It was with a note of triumph that Gov. David A. Paterson, standing with lawmakers, civil libertarians and others, signed a bill last week halting the New York Police Department’s policy of keeping a computer database of people stopped by officers on the street but found to have done nothing wrong. But…
Swedish Pirate Party launches new, anonymous Internet service
Cyrus Farivar reports: Internet users across Sweden may soon have a little more anonymity online as this week, members of Sweden’s controversial Pirate Party launched the Pirate ISP, or internet service provider. The company would be just like any other internet service provider, except that its leaders say that their service would offer more anonymity…
CT AG Wants Answers on Google Street View Snooping
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today on behalf of the executive committee of a 38-state coalition asked Google whether it tested its Street View software before use — which should have revealed that the program collected data transmitted over wireless computer networks. Google has acknowledged unauthorized collection of data — possibly including emails, passwords, web browsing…