Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with U.S. Authorities
Recently hacked police documents reveal the nature of the company’s relationship to law enforcement — not in China but in […]
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The NYDFS Brings First Enforcement Action under the Cybersecurity Regulation
On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) brought its first enforcement action under its […]
Police take too much data from victims’ phones, says watchdog
Police are extracting “excessive amounts of personal data” from the mobile phones of victims and witnesses during investigations and are […]
Police Are Buying Access to Hacked Website Data
Hackers break into websites, steal information, and then publish that data all the time, with other hackers or scammers then […]
Many Police Departments Have Software That Can Identify People In Crowds
BriefCam, a facial recognition and surveillance video analysis company, sells the ability to surveil protesters and enforce social distancing — […]
It’s unconstitutional for cops to force phone unlocking, court rules
Indiana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Fifth Amendment allows a woman accused of stalking to refuse to unlock her […]
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan […]
iPhone spyware lets police log suspects’ passcodes when cracking doesn’t work
A tool, previously unknown to the public, doesn’t have to crack the code that people use to unlock their phones. […]
Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters’ phones against them
Rather than seeking warrants for a person backed up with probable cause, police have begun relying on geofence warrants that […]
Amazon Bans Police Use of Its Face Recognition for a Year
Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to […]
Police body cameras at protests raise privacy concerns
They were supposed to add accountability to the police. But critics say they’re backfiring and could cause a chilling effect […]
Warrant needed to search locked phones, US court rules
Thanks to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and all the case law built upon it, police generally need […]