Willie Allen's List: Refs for Digital Citizenship Assignment

• In video that appears to be from a surveillance camera and which was shown by the FBI, both suspects are walking west on Boylston Street
• anyone who recognizes the men to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to the bureau's
• An investigative source also told Fox News that there is a "significant social media footprint
• 30,000 social media messages were collected within a one-mile radius of the finish line in the 48-hour period surrounding the explosions

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• Monday, there were nearly as many camera-equipped smartphones as people there in Copley Square. It could well have been the "most photographed spot on Earth at that moment," as Slate speculated
• "Tell us what time the photo was taken ... so we don't have to go through those electronic signatures, [so] we have some data as to when these photos were taken."
• received over 2,000 tips as of noon Tuesday, "many of which have already been reviewed, analyzed, and vetted.
• The software can comb through millions of photo files in under a minute.
• Image authentication software currently in use by law enforcement agencies

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• There are many shocking and terrifying pictures of the Boston Marathon bombing, but one of a mysterious man on a rooftop during the second explosion has Twitter buzzing with speculation.
• The photo has since gone viral and continues to prompt speculation. According to Yahoo News, the phrase “Boston Marathon roof” was trending on Twitter.

• By Greg Botelho, CNN

   

  updated 9:09 AM EDT, Thu May 2, 2013

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  New details emerged about that probe Wednesday, when three friends of surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were charged in relation to the case. FBI affidavits from criminal complaints tied to their arrests help explain more
• Cameras show two men
• Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev --
• a photo later showing the bag at his feet.
• phone to his head and speaks for about 18 seconds.
• The FBI releases pictures of two male suspects being sought in connection with the Boston Marathon
• Phillipos tells Kadyrbayev to put the news on when he gets home, because one of the Marathon bombing suspects looks familiar.
• TV and notices one of the suspects
• Kadyrbayev texts Dzhokhar
• photos broadcast
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• Derek Mead was able to send text messages to both his sister and her boyfriend, who were very near the finish line, shortly after the bombing, which suggests that networks were never totally shut down. Still, shutting down cell phone networks to prevent remote detonation wouldn't be without precedent: It is a common tactic in Pakistan,