[Dataloss] fringe follow-up: Police Say LifeLock Coerced Unusable Confession from Identity Theft Suspect

[lyger]

This makes my night.  You can lay down on only so many railroad tracks 
before your shoelace gets caught...


On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, security curmudgeon wrote:

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": " ---------- Forwarded message ----------
": " From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net>
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": " Via Threat Level.
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": " [snip]
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": " A man who stole the identity of LifeLock co-founder Todd Davis won't face 
": " criminal charges, police say, because LifeLock stepped in before the 
": " police could finish investigating the crime and coerced the suspect into 
": " making a videotaped confession that isn't admissible in court.
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": " Davis, you'll recall, publishes his Social Security number on LifeLock's 
": " web site and in the company's TV commercials to demonstrate how effective 
": " the company is in protecting the identity of its customers. Back in June I 
": " disclosed that Davis himself had become a victim of identity theft after 
": " someone used his Social Security number to obtain a $500 loan. The news 
": " only added to the scrutiny and criticism the company was already facing 
": " over the questionable background of its other founder Robert Maynard, Jr., 
": " who subsequently resigned amid that other controversy.
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": " [snip]
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": " More:
": " http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/police-say-life.html