Re: FW: Facebook may get 'panic button'

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

Yes, because if there's one thing that's going to make the police stand up,
it's a panic button on a website rather than a police report in their hand.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Tomas L. Byrnes <tomb () byrneit net> wrote:

> While I don't think this is a good idea, the problem it solves is "Early
> Warning".
>
> A less impressionable potential victim could draw attention to the
> predator.
>
> Kind of like if the San Diego PD had taken Candice Moncayo's report
> seriously, and processed the DNA that later led them to Gardner with
> more speed, Chelsea King might still be alive.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> > On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:05 PM
> > To: Daniel Otis
> > Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: Re: [funsec] FW: Facebook may get 'panic button'
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:11:35 MDT, Daniel Otis said:
> > >  From the article the girl that started this rolling was 17.
> Nothing
> > > to do with pedophiles.
> >
> > In addition, the article says:
> >
> > "The conviction of Peter Chapman for the murder of 17-year-old
> Ashleigh
> > Hall led to renewed calls for a "panic button".
> >
> > The convicted sex offender lured the teenager to her death using
> > Facebook."
> >
> > So she went to meet the guy and ended up dead.  Sad, but let's think
> > for a moment - if it's somebody you're planning to meet, are you going
> > to push that panic button?  No, you're going to push it if it's
> > somebody creepy that you *don't* want to meet anyhow.
> >
> > So what problem is the panic button actually solving?
>
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