As Covid continues to plague, will the police be tempted to take technological liberties? In Australia, they’re trying. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Belarusian police raid Uber and Yandex offices in Minsk
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•Protesters fear police forces might have been looking for location data from the two ride-hailing companies in order to identify those who participated in anti-government protests. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Bulgarian police arrest hacker Instakilla
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•Hacker accused of hacking and extorting companies, selling stolen data online. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Police take down encrypted criminal chat platform EncroChat
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•The UK’s ‘biggest ever’ law enforcement operation results in arrest of 746, so far. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Brazilian federal police investigates presidential data leak
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•Private information relating to Jair Bolsonaro and several ministers had been exposed and details of over 200,000 public servants obtained. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Victoria Police emails reveal Clearview AI’s dodgy direct marketing
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•Why bother with messy official approvals, tedious legal and privacy assessments, or even ethics when cops use facial recognition? ‘Feel free to run wild with your searches,’ says Clearview. …read more Source:: Open Source S
WA Police seeks clarification on what it can access under production orders Bill
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•While it supports the International Production Orders Bill, the WA Police Force said the proposed provisions are likely to have a significant resourcing impact. …read more Source:: Open Source S
UK police criticized for using drones to publicly shame walkers in coronavirus lockdown
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•The UK is now following in the footsteps of Spain and Italy in drone usage. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Anti-corruption and police integrity bodies reject call to reduce data retention period
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•The NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission was joined by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement in asking for the minimum two-year period for retaining telco data be kept under the …read more Source:: Open Source S
Police are about to deploy ‘privacy destroying’ facial recognition cameras across London
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•The capital’s Metropolitan Police say the technology will help fight crime – but critics warn that the scheme amounts to oppressive surveillance. …read more Source:: Open Source S