Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button'

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

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:dan () doxpara com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:19 AM
To: Tomas L. Byrnes
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu; Daniel Otis; funsec () linuxbox org
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 <tomb () 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-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]

> On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks () 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?

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