News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on printed document. Parent comment

Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by vintermann on Friday May 13, 2022 @06:32AM (#31365548)
It's probably meant as a lead, not as evidence. Given that this is a kidnapping, likely murder case, there's probably tons of evidence if you're looking at the right guy.

And I'm wondering about that, because we know the criminal must have been a pretty hard-core cryptocurrency nut. There aren't THAT many of them in Norway (they've already concluded they are a fluent Norwegian speaker).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by rmbyrro on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:38AM (#31369016)
My main concern is that this seems to be a precise lead. It might be unconsciously considered close to a real fingerprint.

Instead of facing it just as a lead, it might influence investigators to, consciously or not, build confidence in framing a (wrong) person and and end up building a compelling case against them.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by dagw on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:01AM (#31367712)
they've already concluded they are a fluent Norwegian speaker

The person who wrote the ransom they believe to be fluent in Norwegian, there could easily be other people involved who're foreign.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by alophawen on Friday May 13, 2022 @06:47AM (#31365683)
> because we know the criminal must have been a pretty hard-core cryptocurrency nut

Do we?

I was still under the impression everybody was blaming her husband for the disappearance.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by vintermann on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:22AM (#31365977)
I'm thinking of the actual kidnapper/killer. The husband has an alibi for the time of the disappearance. The suspicion against him was that he commissioned the disappearance of his wife, not that he did it himself.
[ Parent | on HN ]