A San Diego pimp named Dante Dears was sent to prison in 2005 for organizing and running a prostitution ring called "Pimpin' Hoes Daily" (PHD.) When Dears was released in 2011, he went back to pimping, except he now did it all on his Android cellphone. Unfortunately, the FBI needs the password to the phone in order to collect the evidence. They've contacted Google, but they haven't responded yet.Cellular pimping is the new way to pimp apparently, and it seems like it's making the authority's jobs much more difficult. We've seen how technology helps law enforcement, and now we're seeing how it helps criminals.
Anderson, N. (2012, March 14). FBI, stumped by pimp's Android pattern lock, serves warrant on Google. Ars Technica. Retrieved March 15, 2012, from http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/fbi-stumped-by-pimps-androids-pattern-lock-serves-warrant-on-google.ars
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