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Apple reportedly pulls app that warns Hong Kong citizens about police activity

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Apple has reportedly pulled an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state from its App Store. The app, called HKmap.live, is a Waze-like live map of the anti-extradition law amendment bill (ELAB) demonstrations that have gripped the autonomous region since June, keeping people […]

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TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton: Cryptocurrency auctioned by police

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Image copyright SOPA Images/Getty Image caption Police said the money raised would go towards fighting crime A police force has auctioned off more than £240,000 of cryptocurrency confiscated from a teenage hacker. The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit sold the stash, which included Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum, in what it says is a first for

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German police shut down dark web data center in former NATO bunker

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German police have arrested seven people following a raid on an illegal data center in a former NATO military bunker that was hosting dark web sites promoting illegal content. The raid, which took place in the town of Traben-Trarbachsaw saw the arrest of the owner of the bunker, an unnamed 59-year-old Dutchman and six others with

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Police Use Of Force Data Remains A Mess And The FBI’s Involvement Isn’t Making Anything Any Better

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from the no-one-really-knows-and-those-that-might-now-don’t-really-care dept Trust me, it all goes downhill very fast from the opening statement. The federal government recently released what some hoped would be the most accurate data on how police departments resolve civilian complaints of police brutality. “Civilians” were really the only ones holding onto this hope. The FBI — which has

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During A Police Raid, Russian Activist Uses Drone To Whisk Sensitive Data To Safety

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from the video-or-it-didn’t-happen dept Drones have moved beyond the novelty stage, and are now capable of having a global impact. That was shown most dramatically by the recent drone attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. The loss of production has caused the price of oil to spike, and fears about

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California lawmakers ban facial recognition on police body cameras

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Taking one of the toughest stands in the nation against police use of facial recognition technology, California lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation barring police from installing it on body-worn cameras for three years. The legislation, which now awaits action by Gov. Gavin Newsom, was scaled back at Newsom’s request from an original proposal that called

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Watch: Police Use Tasers to Free Moose Tangled in Hammock

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Wyoming police officers used tasers to incapacitate and free a bull moose tangled in a hammock on September 8. (Photo Credit: Richard Lee / Pixabay) Police officers recently rescued a bull moose after its antlers were caught in a hammock outside a home in Pinedale, Wyoming. Authorities responded to reports of the troubled moose, which

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Investigation Uncovers Mass Purging Of Phoenix Police Department Misconduct Records

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from the clean-slates-for-all! dept There’s nothing about American policing that police unions can’t make worse. A powerful obstacle standing in the way of accountability and transparency, police unions ensure Americans remain underserved by their public servants. Police unions have defended such things as tossing flashbang grenades into rooms containing infants and the elimination of drug

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South Wales Police use of facial recognition ruled lawful

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Image caption The South Wales force demonstrated the technology after the case with a member of staff standing in Judges have ruled against a shopper who brought a legal challenge against police use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology. The court refused the judicial review on all grounds, finding South Wales Police had followed the

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