Wow..

[Hoss]

Has Facebook addiction really come to this?

http://gawker.com/5814416/guy-updates-his-facebook-page-during-16+hour-standoff

[Ed W]

Here's an interesting article about using Firesheep to sniff out passwords on unsecured WiFi networks.  The cops could possibly have used this to communicate with Valdez.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/14/technology/firesheep_starbucks/index.htm

Via Schneier on Security: http://www.schneier.com/