[Sigia-l] FW: FC: Internet Explorer's "autocomplete" helps convict killer

[Christopher Fahey [askrom]]

How do you know it's the IE autocomplete feature that helped the
prosecutor? It doesn't say that. It might be a log file on a search tool
somewhere...

-Cf

[christopher eli fahey]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] 
> On Behalf Of Jody A. Hankinson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:01 PM
> To: IA E mail
> Subject: [Sigia-l] FW: FC: Internet Explorer's "autocomplete" 
> helps convict killer
> 
> 
> No specific comment, just thought this crowd would appreciate 
> the story.
> 
>  - Jody
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 01:23:52 -0400
> Subject: FC: Internet Explorer's "autocomplete" helps convict killer
> 
> [Or aid attorneys in countless divorce proceedings, no doubt. 
> --Declan]
> 
> ---
> From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms at computerbytesman.com>
> To: <declan at well.com>
> Subject: How auto-complete in Internet Explorer help convict 
> a mass murderer
> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 23:19:41 -0400
> 
> FYI:
> 
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/166/nation/Study_finds_Web_of_deceit_o
n_me
ntal_tests+.shtml

Massachusetts residents got a glimpse of malingering in the April murder
trial of Michael McDermott, who was convicted of shooting to death seven
co-workers at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield. Although McDermott
claimed that he believed he had traveled through time to kill seven
Nazis, prosecutors countered - apparently successfully - that McDermott
was faking illness, because computer records showed he had performed a
Web search for the phrase ''faking mental illness.''




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