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I'm always shocked when people on the witness stand recall with crystal clarity what happened on a night two years ago. You know some of that is made up. Facebo
by grellas 16y ago
I'm always shocked when people on the witness stand recall with crystal clarity what happened on a night two years ago. You know some of that is made up. Facebook Places would certainly take the guesswork out of such things.
The impact of location-based services on the legal system reminds me that the root meaning of "alibi" (in the Latin) is "elsewhere" (from the broad idea of "other there," ibi being the Latin word meaning "there").
This to me is a somewhat creepy reminder that modern technology does not necessarily mean unalloyed progress. With the good comes the bad, and the bad here is a long-term trend by which people can be traced more and more easily in where they are and what they do. In the right hands (true friends), this can be great; in the wrong hands, maybe not so good.
- Gianteye 16y agoWell said. I wonder how vulnerable this system would be to griefing. I can just picture people being as annoying about posting your status at places your not as tagging you in collages of their favorite ponies.
- util 16y agoHaving another proof of location can be useful to defendants in a trial as well as prosecution. It's also useful to be able to say you're not at the scene of the crime. While this could make the effects of bad laws worse by making them more enforceable, if you think the legal system is good as a whole, it doesn't seem obvious why this is not a good thing. It seems we'll be more likely to get verdicts matching the truth.