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computer forensics is currently in much the same state that arson forensics was at the time Texas sentenced Willingham to death. as far as I know, it hasn't kil
by munin 15y ago
computer forensics is currently in much the same state that arson forensics was at the time Texas sentenced Willingham to death. as far as I know, it hasn't killed anyone, yet...
- gwern 15y agoI don't know about killed, but every time I read a blurb buried somewhere about a child porn trial (based, invariably, on the contents of a computer), I think back to one or two known cases of someone planting CP on another computer and trying to frame the owner...
- nobody31415926 15y agoThere was the company that sold the US a system to find hidden messages in Al Jazera videos - I think that got a few people a trip to the orange suited holiday camp before everybody discovered it was a con
- colonelxc 15y agoSpeaking of errors in computer forensics: http://wordpress.bladeforensics.com/?p=357 http://wordpress.bladeforensics.com/?p=357