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

[Max Hozven]

Reminds me of a quote that a politician made a while back:

"...bring 'em on."

-Max

-----Original Message-----
From: dataloss-bounces at attrition.org
[mailto:dataloss-bounces at attrition.org] On Behalf Of lyger
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:32 PM
To: dataloss at attrition.org
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] fringe follow-up: Police Say LifeLock Coerced
Unusable Confession from Identity Theft Suspect


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:

": " 
": " 
": " ---------- Forwarded message ----------
": " From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net>
": " 
": " Via Threat Level.
": " 
": " [snip]
": " 
": " 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.
": " 
": " 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.
": " 
": " [snip]
": " 
": " More:
": " http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/police-say-life.html
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