Innocent 'terror techie' purges DNA records
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Proved exceptional More than two years after his arrest and subsequent release, techie and some-time Reg contributor David Mery has succeeded in purging the police databases of his fingerprints and DNA.â¦
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TAMPA, Fla., June 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Computers may have sensitive data that identity thieves would love to get their hands on. Magnets, degaussers, and other x-ray or magnetic techniques do not work, even the large bulk eraser magnets are not effective.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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Â· Britons assist in analysis of mobile phone dataÂ· Portuguese newspaper tells of new DNA evidence
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Gordon Brown comes under fire at prime minister's question time after a disc containing the DNA details of thousands of suspected foreign criminals was mislaid for a year
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The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting.
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The scientist who discovered genetic &quot;fingerprinting&quot; 20 years ago said yesterday that he has some worries about the use of the technology.
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Lawmakers may soon pass a bill that would set up a huge network of databases that law enforcement officials could tap to find terrorists. But that kind of unfettered access to data about Americans raises eyebrows. By Ryan Singel.
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Defense Department interrogators impersonated FBI agents at the Guantanamo Bay prison to avoid being held accountable when they used &quot;torture techniques&quot; on a prisoner held there in the US war on terrorism, according to FBI e-mails
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The DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 are stored on a government database, despite them being younger than the age of criminal responsibility, figures showed Thursday.
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The scientist who pioneered DNA fingerprinting has warned of the increasing danger of false positives as the use of the technique becomes more widespread.
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Blog: Original researcher makes public his own exploit code.
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Crime-fighting "tinkerers" are figuring out how to get all the inside dope about you from your supposedly trusted gadget
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Round up the usual suspects In a move reminiscent of Nazi Germany and 21st-Century Britain, the US federal government is about to implement rules requiring routine DNA collection from suspected illegal immigrants and anyone arrested by federal authorities, regardless of whether they are ever convicted of a crime. DNA collection will be performed in any situation where fingerprints would normally be collected, and only a court order will suffice to have DNA profiles removed from federal databases.â¦
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A special branch officer admits he may have inadvertently contaminated evidence in a terror trial.
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A cache of personal data derived mainly from U.S.-based PC users has been found lurking on a server in France along with various malware tools, and some experts suspect that it was stockpiled by an online theft ring specializing in financial crime.
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A DNA code cracker got his genome. Lines form now for everyone else.