Google Maps helps catch alleged killers
December 19, 2024 7:12 AM   Subscribe

 
Echoes of this caper in 2012
posted by Lanark at 7:30 AM on December 19 [2 favorites]


Stories like this put my shoulders up to my ears, because they're often used to justify ever-increasing surveillance.
posted by humbug at 7:50 AM on December 19 [12 favorites]


Yeah, it's not at all clear that this was very important to the case, but more that the cops thought it was neat.
posted by BungaDunga at 7:55 AM on December 19 [3 favorites]


Meanwhile Welsh police are rolling out a facial recognition app for officers.
posted by BungaDunga at 7:59 AM on December 19


Wasn’t there a similar Spanish or Italian case somewhat recently, where they nabbed a mafioso cos they saw him at a Spanish grocery store on Google Maps?
posted by slater at 8:48 AM on December 19


Scary
posted by latkes at 8:59 AM on December 19


Google: See? We're not evil!

Also, .
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 9:11 AM on December 19 [1 favorite]




Why am I picturing a rolled up carpet with one end blurred out?
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:36 AM on December 19 [2 favorites]


re: Mafioso, i knew it!

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain
posted by slater at 11:05 AM on December 20


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