Comments on: Framing someone by planting evidence http://michaeldundas.com/2008/05/13/framing-someone-by-planting-evidence/ A place to record my thoughts and musings. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Clear2Go http://michaeldundas.com/2008/05/13/framing-someone-by-planting-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-5514 Clear2Go Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:57:05 +0000 http://clear2go.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/framing-someone-by-planting-evidence/#comment-5514 <a href="#comment-5501" rel="nofollow">@Duane A. Webb </a> Hi Duane. Thanks for your comment. In Canada at this point and time law enforcement has to have a warrant in order to break into a personal computer. The point I was trying to get across in the post was that typically now a days people immediately jump to conclusions when suspect data is found. The person is charged, systems are confiscated for examination. While I understand why this happens, I believe it opens the possibility up if I was a bad guy to frame someone by planting evidence on their computer. Even if law enforcement determines it is not the suspect that is at fault, they still face the ridicule, social stigma, potential loss of employment and stigma around getting new employment regardless of the outcome. Here is one example http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33778733, and there are others. @Duane A. Webb
Hi Duane. Thanks for your comment. In Canada at this point and time law enforcement has to have a warrant in order to break into a personal computer.

The point I was trying to get across in the post was that typically now a days people immediately jump to conclusions when suspect data is found. The person is charged, systems are confiscated for examination. While I understand why this happens, I believe it opens the possibility up if I was a bad guy to frame someone by planting evidence on their computer. Even if law enforcement determines it is not the suspect that is at fault, they still face the ridicule, social stigma, potential loss of employment and stigma around getting new employment regardless of the outcome.

Here is one example http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33778733, and there are others.

]]> By: Duane A. Webb http://michaeldundas.com/2008/05/13/framing-someone-by-planting-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 Duane A. Webb Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:19:06 +0000 http://clear2go.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/framing-someone-by-planting-evidence/#comment-5501 I've wondered about this myself. Any other type of evidence can be planted in any other scenario - but I have yet to find any documentation or case material discussing this. The RCFL (www.rcfl.gov) actually offers courses that instruct law enforcement how to break into personal computers - so if they're able to do that wouldn't it be just as easy to break in remotely through an ISP or just install a thumb drive temporarily during the examination of the system? Are you still working on this? I’ve wondered about this myself. Any other type of evidence can be planted in any other scenario – but I have yet to find any documentation or case material discussing this. The RCFL (www.rcfl.gov) actually offers courses that instruct law enforcement how to break into personal computers – so if they’re able to do that wouldn’t it be just as easy to break in remotely through an ISP or just install a thumb drive temporarily during the examination of the system? Are you still working on this?

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