Wednesday, August 8, 2001

"You Can't Hide Those Lying Eyes in Tampa" http://www.sptimes.com/News/080801/TampaBay/_They_made_me_feel_li.shtml is the story of Rob Milliron, whose picture, captured from Ybor city surveillance cameras, was published in US News and World Report. A woman in Tulsa saw his picture and (incorrectly) identifying him as her ex-husband, called the police. Many of the risks are generally familiar, issues like mis-identification. Worth asking is why didn't they choose the picture of a criminal who was actually caught? Perhaps because the system does not function as advertised? [Adam Shostack via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 59] 0:00 # G!