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Some days I have a lot to say. But there is only one blog and all of my posts are compiled in chronological order. To sort through and read only the posts you are most interested in, you can select from the three topics described below.
4N6Fact Fridays, fun forensic facts from the news. You know you want to read them! The weekly posts will appear on this blog under category 4N6, and also on tumblr.
Film2Fiction: Of all the things I pretend to know a lot about, writing is one topic where I have plenty of boots on the ground experience and lots to share. To view my blogs on writing select F2F.
And finally, book love. I review books I have read and loved and think you should read them, too. Click on book<3
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This is one incredible story! Take one super-evasive serial killer + add an obsessed writer (#mypeople) and a clearly inventive and thinking outside the box detective; simmer for 20 years and wow. What a story! I’ll link to the newspaper accounts, but simplified, the detective came up with the idea to take the DNA recovered from the crime scene and upload it to a genealogy site under a fake profile, hoping to match to a family member. AND IT WORKED! This ploy led police to Joseph James DeAngelo and ex-cop and frightening dude. “To find the DNA match, investigators created … Continue reading
4N6 Fans, To Catch A Killer
4N6FAN, DNA, To Catch A Killer Comments Off on To Catch The Golden State Killer (Wow. Just WOW!)
4N6FAN, DNA, To Catch A Killer Comments Off on To Catch The Golden State Killer (Wow. Just WOW!)
Um…come again? Yeah, as if hackers haven’t caused us enough trouble lately, now it’s concievably possible for them to hack your brain and obtain your passwords. Our mother’s told us all this online stuff was going to lead to no good. Well, here we are. It all sounds uber creepy and sci-fi but once you review the study, you understand that tapping brain waves works the same way as just about every other hacking technique out there…and that is by studying the participants and looking for a unique pattern. A group of study participants were fitted with EEG headsets and … Continue reading
4N6 Fans
4N6FAN, cyber crimes, privacy concerns Comments Off on Wha–?? Now Hackers Can Get Passwords from Brain Waves??
4N6FAN, cyber crimes, privacy concerns Comments Off on Wha–?? Now Hackers Can Get Passwords from Brain Waves??
I am a true 4n6FAN…you could even call me a 4N6FREAK and not be in danger of offending me. I watch the shows, read the books, I even proudly write books featuring a group of teens who use forensic skills they learned in high school bio class to solve murders. I believe in the power of the science. But here’s the thing, some of it isn’t perfect science. In fact, some cases are being reexamined and the outcomes overturned because the conclusions or results of an evidence match were over-stated. Here’s an article about this from The Washington Post. Imagine, being convicted … Continue reading