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Markus Frind, 21st-century superhero

Started by mathewi · 10 months ago

(cross-posted from my Globe and Mail blog)
Vancouver resident Markus Frind is a bit of a 21st-century superhero. After all, he helped to catch a suspected murderer who was featured on the TV show America’s Most Wanted. But instead of using superhuman strength or the ability to s ... Continue reading »

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  • /pd

    2 years ago

    hehehe.. "CSI" Forensics" meets "Dating Site" ..Say "Hello World" .

    Heres the hypthesis-take Riyav1.0 , insert criminal pics, run it against images on dating sites etc etc and the authorities have a most sophistcated targetting tool !!

    I remember I seed the thought on munjals blog sometime ago .. tweak and sell riyav1.0 as a targetting tool.. becomes another tool in the WoC (weapons of choice) againts criminals....!!
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  • Mathew Ingram

    2 years ago

    That's a great idea, /pd. I should suggest it to Markus. Didn't someone at Wired magazine recently do the same thing and find some child molesters on MySpace?
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  • /pd

    2 years ago

    Matt, yes I know .. unfortunalty my days within an STF are long gone and I have no leverage factor in this Geographic space. I wish i knew peeps who are open to these type of thought and can work a system. yeah ...if only local authorities had vision and strength, there is so much that can be done to negate a "Holly" scenario , with common technologies out there..

    The Case you cite is , if I remember correctly , was with the Philly Sex crimes unit working on a perp who had fingerprints in MySpace.. Not sure, still unverified info..
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  • Markus

    2 years ago

    It doesn't work. Even Riya has said if they have more then 1000 images its virtually impossible for them to tell apart more then 50 people. Riya only works when datasets are extremely tiny, ie your photo album, a list of 200 shoes stuff like that.

    I assume that Wired is talking about using patterns in speak and chat behavior, freaks stick out in a big big way.
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  • Michael L

    2 years ago

    Glad mr frind was willing to help catch this loser, im the one who let them know about the site as he was talking to my sister through the site
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  • Mathew Ingram

    2 years ago

    Well I'm sure the U.S. Marshals are glad that you did, Michael -- and likely your sister is as well, considering what this guy is suspected of doing to that elderly couple.
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  • Mathew Ingram

    2 years ago

    /pd, it sounds like our friend Leila Boujnane of Idee Inc. has the same idea as you: more details here.
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  • Michael L

    2 years ago

    Just glad i could help in getting someone like that off the streets, whats even more scary is last christmas he was in my familys home eating christmas dinner with us!
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