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How is that verified? Does PACER publish hashes or the like, so that RECAP can confirm that the documents are authentic? It seems pretty unlikely.
by daeken 14y ago
How is that verified? Does PACER publish hashes or the like, so that RECAP can confirm that the documents are authentic? It seems pretty unlikely.
- danielweber 14y agoHe added to his comment to say that you can redownload all the documents from PACER to make sure none of them were altered. Which gets you absolutely nowhere. RECAP is the Wikipedia of law. Crowd-sourced, free, usually reliable -- but if you are relying on its accuracy as part of vigorously defending your client's interests to the best of your abilities, you have failed. EDIT: I think requiring PACER to provide SHA1 sums free-of-charge would probably be, on the whole, a good thing.