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FC: Internet Explorer's "autocomplete" helps convict killer
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:23:52 -0400
[Or aid attorneys in countless divorce proceedings, no doubt. --Declan] --- From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> To: <declan () well com> Subject: How auto-complete in Internet Explorer help convict a mass murderer Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:19:41 -0400 FYI: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/166/nation/Study_finds_Web_of_deceit_on_mental_tests+.shtml Massachusetts residents got a glimpse of malingering in the April murder trial of Michael McDermott, who was convicted of shooting to death seven co-workers at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield. Although McDermott claimed that he believed he had traveled through time to kill seven Nazis, prosecutors countered - apparently successfully - that McDermott was faking illness, because computer records showed he had performed a Web search for the phrase ''faking mental illness.'' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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