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What bullshit. > The homicide remains unsolved. The killer remains at large. > Until very recently, this situation would not have occurred. Until very recent
by tomp 11y ago
What bullshit.
> The homicide remains unsolved. The killer remains at large.
> Until very recently, this situation would not have occurred.
Until very recently, people weren't carrying smartphones, so the murders would remain even more unsolved. At least the phone is a perfect medium for fingerprints. And anyways, what were the police hoping to find? A photo of the murderer? A note saying which direction the killer run? Most "useful" information (messages, phone calls, location data) is available from the network operators anyways.
- justwannasing 11y agoThe point is, the murders might be solved if they had access to the phone's data.
- joshstrange 11y agoAnd if we could see inside people's minds crime could be solved as well. Your parent's comment is spot on, nothing has changed at all, just now the police can blame murders they have no intention of solving on Apple/Google.
- cgearhart 11y agoThe authors provide no evidence that this murder would or could have been solved but for encryption. It is a tacit appeal to emotion seeking to play on the revulsion of murderers that a non-technical audience can identify with while they downplay real risks that don't evoke the same strong emotions so that they will accept compromised security.