S37 E6: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | The Expert Witness
6/15/202628 min
Cybercheck has spread across the U.S. through aggressive cold-email marketing, word of mouth, and partnerships with law enforcement agencies eager to solve cold cases. Journalist Todd Feathers uncovers questionable claims in Cybercheck reports, including supposed access to dark web accounts and the ability to retroactively place phones at crime scenes decades earlier. Despite producing few verifiable results, respected agencies like Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation still promoted the tool to other departments, helping expand its reach. Is there anyone willing to put this tech under the necessary scrutiny? Maybe in West Texas.
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Speaker 20:28
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Sam Mullins· Host0:34
[upbeat music] The Ohio defense firm had slayed the dragon. They'd chased the CyberCheck raccoon off the porch with a broom, or so they thought. The body of the beast still lived somewhere in Canada, and from there, it could send out more appendages, slithering silently into the US criminal justice system, looking for traction. But how does that actually work? When you've invented a cutting edge, never-before-seen AI tool that's gonna change crime fighting forever, how do you get the word out? And if you're not prepared to show anyone how it works, how do you sell it to the police?
Todd Feathers· Guest1:23
We used public records requests to get a lot of communication between the company that makes