Britain: Secrets of 27 Million Mobile Phones Offered to Police, Corporations
Sunday Times via BLN Thedata of 27m mobile phone users has been offered for sale to the Metropolitan police, private companies and other bodies, enabling them to track users’ movements. Ipsos Mori, one of Britain’s biggest research firms, has been caught offering text and call records for sale. The company has claimed in meetings that [...]
Read More →Apple can decrypt iPhones for cops; Google can remotely “reset password” for Android devices
By Cory Doctorow | Boing Boing Apple apparently has the power to decrypt iPhone storage in response to law-enforcement requests, though they won’t say how. Google can remotely “reset the password” for a phone for cops, too: Last year, leaked training materials prepared by the Sacramento sheriff’s office included a form that would require Apple to [...]
Read More →Desensitization Training: Police Practice Fighting “Angry Parents”
By Daisy Luther | Set You Free News From time to time, I have been highly annoyed with the school that my daughter attends. I have set up meetings with teachers, principals, and administrators. I have brought in paperwork and pleaded my case on a variety of topics. I have made scathing remarks. Once, I even [...]
Read More →Police want ‘kill switch’ for smartphones
RT An epidemic of cell phone swiping has prompted calls for a ‘kill switch’ that would render mobile devices inoperable if they end up in the wrong hands. In San Francisco, California, half of the robberies reported in the last year involved the loss of a cell phone. George Gascon is the city’s district attorney [...]
Read More →Spanish police arrest two al Qaeda suspects
Spanish police have arrested two people suspected to have links with the al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an al Qaeda division in Northern Africa, RTVE reports.
Read More →2 Arrested in Canada Terror Plot
AP | The Epoch Times Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train, police said Monday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday that Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, who live in Montreal and Toronto areas, were conspiring to carry out an al-Qaida supported attack against Via [...]
Read More →With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
NY Times As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office. Since [...]
Read More →NYPD brings city policing to 21st Century with new tech
By Ivan Pereira and Alessandria Masi | amNY The NYPD may not at the point where it can deploy its own RoboCop to patrol the streets, but its high-tech gear is on the cutting edge of crime fighting. From high-definition cameras to social networking trackers, experts say the NYPD leads the nation when it comes [...]
Read More →A little drone that could revolutionise how soldiers, police collect vital info
ANI A British company has unveiled a drone that could revolutionise how soldiers and police obtain vital reconnaissance in dangerous situations. The remote-contolled device, which weighs only 290 grams, is run by a tablet computer. Its development is being led by SAS hero Barry Davies who headed the rescue of 90 people on a German [...]
Read More →Two held in Britain over New York ‘cannibal’ cop case
Reporters365 Two men have been arrested in Britain in connection with the ongoing case of a New York policeman accused of plotting to kidnap and eat women in the US, police said Saturday. Gilberto Valle, 28, an officer of six years’ service in the New York Police Department, is charged with conspiracy to kidnap and [...]
Read More →‘No More Hesitation’ Targets Train Police and Feds to Shoot Armed Pregnant Women, Mothers, Children and Elderly
Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
Read More →The ‘Robocop’ headset that lets police see through walls and identify suspects just by LOOKING at them
By Mark Prigg | Daily Mail A headset computer promises to give police officers and other emergency services Robocop-like abilities. The Golden-i device, similar to the Glass project being developed by Google, offers the ability to see through walls thanks to infrared technology. It is operated by voice commands and head movements and allows the wearer [...]
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