Uses technology to spy on woman, but iCloud evidence helped catch him "A Wolverhampton stalker who relentlessly hounded a woman sending hundreds of threatening messages and hacking into her home CCTV has been jailed."Jordan Reynolds, "'Extreme' Wolverhampton stalker...
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How Technology Helped Solve Crime: Locking a car thief in a car, Saving a woman from a rapist, solving a murder, and solving a hit-and-run
Technology doesn't always protect citizens. In 2019, Apple pulled an App that allowed demonstrators to monitor the Hong Kong Police. Law enforcement can obtain Ring doorbell video without a warrant. While Amazon is doing that to help stop crime, there...
Technology used to stop crime: Don’t buy a looted iPhone, it will never work; and other cases
Unlike Android, Apple has figured out a way to discourage people from stealing iPhones. As the number of iPhones stolen in looting increases, thieves are going to try selling them — but Apple has disabled all of them.There is a reason professional thieves steal...
How Technology helped solve crime: IRS using Google Maps to spy on taxpayers
One more thing for taxpayers to worry about. From the Daily Caller: . . . A redacted IRS letter dated Sept. 8, 2011 reveals that at least in one case the IRS’s examiners used photos of a property, obtained through Google Maps, as evidence to revoke the 501(c)(4)...
How Technology Killed Auto Theft
Technology has made it very difficult to steal cars made after about 2000. The old cars that can be stolen are not very valuable. If it wasn't for old Hondas retaining some of their value, auto theft would be down even further. From the New York...