From Foxnews
The suspected serial bomber who killed two people and terrorized Austin, Texas for three harrowing weeks was killed in a dramatic confrontation with police overnight Wednesday, authorities said.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/03/21/how-tech-caught-killer-tech-behind-catching-austin-serial-bomber.htmlThe operation was aided by different uses of technology, including surveillance cameras and cell phone triangulation.
The suspect, who has been identified as 24-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, was killed near the motel he was traced to thanks to surveillance footage from a Federal Express drop-off store, The Austin American-Stateman reported.
The authorities were able to gather information after police noticed the subject shipped an explosive device from a Sunset Valley FedEx store, a suburb approximately 25 minutes away from Austin. The evidence included the security footage from the store, as well as store receipts obtained showing suspicious transactions.
Well this is an interesting spin that can help make you feel better about living in a society where your every move can be tracked by an ever growing and overlapping grid of surveillance technology. Of course we give our lives over to this tech because it's also liberating in how it enables us to go about our lives.
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