Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by griffzhowl on Monday December 09, 2024 @08:04PM
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Well, it's not really luck. It's exactly because there's cctv in enough places that they were able to get his photo from the one moment he lowered his mask at the hostel, but even more significantly that they were able to piece together his movements enough to be able to suspect that the guy at the hostel was the same one that carried out the shooting. Then it was a matter of distributing the photo and hope someone recognizes him. And offering the reward ofc. Very simple but not luck.
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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by autoexec on Monday December 09, 2024 @08:38PM
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It still came to down to a crappy photo from a security cam and not the drones, internet surveillance, or facial recognition software in constant use against us.
This crime could have been solved the exact same way in the 1980s. The only difference being that the guy's picture would have been distributed over the 6 o'clock news instead of the internet.
Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @12:11AM
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It wasn't just the one crappy photo where he lowered his mask - the taxicab photos were quite clear even if they just showed his eyes.
And they also made use of other tech, like the fact that the Citibike has GPS.
Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by altcognito on Monday December 09, 2024 @08:43PM
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Security cameras were not nearly as prevalent in the 80's.
Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by shiroiushi on Monday December 09, 2024 @09:21PM
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Their picture quality was also much worse.
Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ...
by OccamsMirror on Monday December 09, 2024 @09:13PM
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Not only were security cameras not as prevalent as they are now, they had terrible video quality. We'd have an extremely grainy grey photo of a face. Not enough to visually recognise him later.