Comments on: MySpace Predator Supposedly “Caught by Code.” http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:27:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: InfoAdvocate » Online Dating, Sex Offenders and Background Checks: The Hype and The Problem http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-29737 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:59:18 +0000 http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-29737 [...] At the time, I blogged about this on my previous blog: Wired wrote some code to match the information in the national sex offender database — first and last name, and zip code (within 5 miles) — with profiles on MySpace. This gave them “vast numbers of false or unverifiable matches.” It took months of part time work, looking at each profile, to figure out which were actual predators still using the site for their predation. Some profiles were dormant. Some were innocent. One lead to an arrest. [...] […] At the time, I blogged about this on my previous blog: Wired wrote some code to match the information in the national sex offender database — first and last name, and zip code (within 5 miles) — with profiles on MySpace. This gave them “vast numbers of false or unverifiable matches.” It took months of part time work, looking at each profile, to figure out which were actual predators still using the site for their predation. Some profiles were dormant. Some were innocent. One lead to an arrest. […]

]]> by: Brian Carnell http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-3773 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:56:30 +0000 http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-3773 Yep..Boing! Boing! always (accurately) bitches about the simplistic and erroneous name matching system used by the TSA, but then jumps up and down to praise the exact same thing when its open source and in Wired. Wonder if it caught any Robert Johnsons who are on predator lists. Yep..Boing! Boing! always (accurately) bitches about the simplistic and erroneous name matching system used by the TSA, but then jumps up and down to praise the exact same thing when its open source and in Wired.

Wonder if it caught any Robert Johnsons who are on predator lists.

]]> by: Mr L http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-3768 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:05:13 +0000 http://luminousvoid.net/archives/123/myspace-predator-supposedly-caught-by-code#comment-3768 I think the real irony here is that many of the people supporting this were the same ones bitching about misidentification in the felon lists during 2000 election and terrorist watch lists by similar methods. I think the real irony here is that many of the people supporting this were the same ones bitching about misidentification in the felon lists during 2000 election and terrorist watch lists by similar methods.

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