BBC 'vague' reporting again!

[David Hansen]

On 1 Dec 2008 at 11:46, Peter Sommer wrote:

> There is of course a big problem with this class of evidence.  The 
> police have had access to the suspsect's computer and in a relatively
> uncontrolled and non-audited manner.   Some defendants are highly likely
> to suggest that any evidence in this way has been so contaminated as to be
> unusable.

I would certainly point this out, if the police were to catch me:-)

We now know that "scientific" "evidence" is not as infallible as its 
proponents claimed (and the more ill-informed still claim). Computers 
are far simpler to plant false evidence on.


-- 
  David Hansen, Edinburgh 
 I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents 
me   
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54