It showcases crimes that were solved using email records, cell phone pings, social media, etc. It’s interesting to see just how much information law enforcement can get.
They talk about it so casually, too. 😂
From a privacy perspective, it does give a lot of food for thought.
I love shows like that. There is one called something like ‘How I caught my killer’ which usually involves digital forensics of some sort. It’s cool and super creepy at the same time. It also makes me wonder how far I should go with trying to be anonymous. If someone had a Grapheneos phone bought anonymously and only used e2ee communications on a VPN…what sort of hindrance would that be if that person was murdered. Lol these are the thought exercises that I go through while I’m walking the dog…that and how to keep the dog from noticing that bunny in the next yard.
One of my favorite shows about digital crime solving has to be “Don’t Fuck with Cats”.
I need to check out “How I caught my killer”!
But yeah, these shows give privacy-minded folks some food for thought. My threat model has always been to defend against corporate and personal data snooping, but never extended into the realm of government/law enforcement.
The way I see it, I’d want just enough of my data made available where I could be found (dead or alive) in the event that I ever went missing, so my family has some closure.
Even that still leaves an uncomfortable amount of data available to various agencies. I guess as long as police departments don’t start selling our data to advertisers, I’m OK with it. LOL
I’m assuming Don’t Fuck With Cats is about the time 4chan went after the guy that killed some cats, yeah?
Oh yeah. Don’t fuck with cats was great. I guess I knew in theory that sort of thing was possible but to seeing real implications was a serious gut check. It made me seriously consider my online activity and things that I was revealing g unintentionally.
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For me, it was even more exciting to watch, because the killer was in areas I grew up in! LOL
Time to set up a private dead man’s switch
I would definitely be screwed. I don’t even know how I could get back in if I ever lost all my devices and didn’t have my password manager. Chilling indeed
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll watch now
EDIT: Watched the first 2. It’s a bit blah and doesn’t cover the tech angle much but an interesting watch to have on in the background, will probably finish the series.
