'The Floppy Did Me In'(theatlantic.com)

14 pointsby dkochvor 13 Jahren4 comments

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/the-floppy-did-me-in/283132/

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The article is short on details, but it sounds to me as if it was (most likely) MS Word Document metadata, rather than the floppy itself, which provided vital clues, though file deletion was another culprit:

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/how_the_cops_caug... (relevant details near end of article).

joncameronvor 13 Jahren

That's what Wikipedia has, and the implication from this Times story http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/technology/techspecial4/05... that it draws from.

dredmorbiusvor 13 Jahren

Thanks, good info.

stackcollisionvor 13 Jahren

This case is really interesting.

Here's a guy who had committed numerous murders, and gotten away with it to boot. But he had to have the recognition. Criminal psychology is fascinating stuff.