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Mugger Arrested After Victim Spots Him On Facebook's 'People You May Know' (bgr.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BGR: In a somewhat bizarre story which proves that truth is often stranger than fiction, a serial mugger in England was arrested after one of his victims spotted him under Facebook's 'People you may know' section.Originally reported by the BBC, 21-year old Omar Famuyide had a long history of theft, muggings and armed robberies to his name. Not too long ago, Famuyide brandished a knife and stole a car.
Flash forward a bit, and the victim of said car robbery was recently shocked to see Famuyide's face pop up as a suggested friend he might want to add on Facebook. The victim promptly called the police who quickly managed to tie him to a large number of other violent crimes. By the time the dust settled and the full extent of Famuyide's criminal rampage was revealed, Famuyide was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
His Facebook profile ultimately led to charges of robbery, attempted robbery, and possessing a firearm.
Flash forward a bit, and the victim of said car robbery was recently shocked to see Famuyide's face pop up as a suggested friend he might want to add on Facebook. The victim promptly called the police who quickly managed to tie him to a large number of other violent crimes. By the time the dust settled and the full extent of Famuyide's criminal rampage was revealed, Famuyide was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
His Facebook profile ultimately led to charges of robbery, attempted robbery, and possessing a firearm.
The UK has strict gun control, which is just as effective as posting "Gun-Free Zone" signs.
...the victim of said car robbery was recently shocked to see Famuyide's face pop up as a suggested friend he might want to add on Facebook
Why would the victim be shocked? They shared the same car so they must be friends, right?
The mugger likely searched the victim on FB after the mugging.
FB saw one person searching out another and suggested the pairing to the victim.
With only 50 FB friends and a hidden profile, FB gives me suggestions all of the time.
Often, the suggestions only make sense if the suggested friend had tried searching for me on FB.
Be sure to check out all of FB's new features. Some of them might come in handy.
good that obviously guilty criminal is in prison.
but this sort of thing shouldn't be used to justify tracking, and invasions of privacy, of people who have not explicitly authorized facebook and other techs to track them.
but i am afraid they will be so used. be prepared hear more stories like this.
wonder if criminal and his lawyers(in this case probably cheap or free ones) fully used his legal defenses to invalidate evidence.
The mugger likely searched the victim on FB after the mugging.
And this is the reality. You can't do anything on Facebook (even searches) without being caught in one of their algorithms to increase their profit (in this case, by increasing interconnectedness).
What's even more scary is that Facebook is now tracking and advertising to you when they see you outside of Facebook [1]. This combined with the fact that Facebook trackers are everywhere infested on most sites, means without some means of being ignored [2], you could be tracked even if you didn't visit FB.
Paranoia: it's healthy now.
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/5...
[2/CH] https://chrome.google.com/webs...
[2/FF] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
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Worthless English letting these mutts into their country. Diversity at work!
With a conspicuously non-traditional British name. Yeah, open our borders... It's all good, they only want what's ours.
Certainly not "must" — but "might", which the write-up actually attributes to Facebook, is valid.
Now, why would you attack a strawman?
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
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Take each and every of your accusation back, asshole !
...idiot mugger uses real photo of himself on Facebook, gets recognized by one of his many victims, and arrested.
Dude, really? Did you go to the Wet Bandit school of bad-assery?
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Dear Sir,
You have done a superb job painstakingly pointing out the flaws of that gun-hating liberal
If you think you can change their mind, you might as well take a well deserved rest
Fire can use to burn down a house, but the same fire can also be used for cooking
The liberals can't understand that guns, like fire, have more than one use. For them 'gun' == 'kill', and that's it. They refuse to accept anything else
Forget it, Sir. Them liberals' mind is set, in concrete
This is basically how I found out that the pedophile who took advantage of me when I was a kid was still active. I signed into FB to make sure my account wasn't hijacked, and the "people you may know" was filled with profiles of families with small children, from the last city I know he lived in. I contacted police shortly thereafter, and he's being investigated.
I guess we just define freedom differently. To you, freedom is walking down the street feeling safe because you're allowed to carry a firearm. For me, freedom is walking down the street feeling safe without needing to carry a firearm.
Require facebook/twitter for all released criminals, and require them to post on activities and to take photos on request...
For once Facebook actually led to something good.
(Statistically speaking, though, it had to happen sooner or later.)
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
Usually the people that show up for me in the "people you may know" section of Facebook are women that I've dated and broken up with, and whose phone numbers and other contact information have long been deleted from my phone... Maybe Facebook decides who to put in the People you May Know section based on how disturbing and disruptive it would be for you to see their face again...
My house was robbed by my next door neighbors. When the police arrived, we told them who did it, but apparently in this country you can be sued for accusing someone without being able to prove it, so nothing happened even after our stolen tablet uploaded a cloud photo with one of their names in it. Three years later and Facebook still suggests members of their family to me as friends.
Same is true of any item that is contraband. They catch you with pot, they can hold you until they can get more dirt on you. Hell, the feds could justify holding you for 10 illegally acquired songs found on your cell phone.
But yeah, guns are Teh Evilz so totally justified and in the public interest. Not threat of that logic being applied to other things...
This is an assumption made by an algorithm, and perhaps based on some pictures of the driver(s) and car associating them both to the same vehicle, or who knows what happened. The parent was simply illustrating what could go wrong with tons of personal data online and tons of assumptions. Whether you end up on a terrorist watch list, get fired from your job for some association, or you suddenly have to pay ridiculous insurance rates, who knows what will happen with this russian roulette wheel of data mining.
How does FB pair up matches? They must be matching people searching for you and pairing you up in the People You May Know section. Or perhaps they view your profile.
I've never had the FB app on my smartphone and yet it knows recent numbers I've added.
for why ammosexuals and their need for compensation are the exact sort of idiots that should not be allowed anywhere near guns, or even pointy sticks.
is not an actual right son. No matter how special your strapon makes you feel.
is that you are a racist POS that is using your own bigotry as an excuses to justify your need for compensation. then again, racists have been shown to be strangely attracted to guns. Something about needing a replacement for their spine I guess.
you do know that studies always show that areas with ammosexuals like you have a higher death rate. Face it son, your mechanical penis does not make you so special that you can lie with impunity.
does not allow you to simply make up facts and pretend that they have any legitimacy. You are not that powerful without your strapon, what makes you think that you would be with it.
you do know that mental illness is yet another reason why mentally challenged people like you should not be allowed near firearms , don't you?