A New York teenager used the fact that he (or someone using his Facebook username) had updated his Facebook status from his father' home during the time he was accused of committing a robbery at his apartment complex.
The investigators subpoenaed the Facebook records to verify that the update had been posted from the suspect’s father’s home. The charges were then dropped.
The concern here is that someone could have friends/accomplices post updates to a site like facebook and claim this as an alibi. For computer postings to be a reliable alibi – there needs to be more concrete authentication. A username and password are easily shared (or compromised).
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