Tech Culture Security Apple "Find My" app led a Missouri SWAT team to raid an innocent family's home, lawsuit pending "Find My is not that accurate," says family lawyer By Daniel Sims, March 26, 2024, 4:48 PM 48 comments
Tech Culture AI Police departments are using AI to review bodycam footage, but unions are not happy about it Proponents say using AI is the only way to review millions of hours of recordings By Kishalaya Kundu, February 5, 2024, 8:14 AM 21 comments
Electronics Tech Culture Ring ends warrantless law enforcement requests for user footage Without saying why By Rob Thubron, January 25, 2024, 8:35 AM
Mobile Security Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court By Erika Morphy, December 16, 2023, 1:17 PM 29 comments
Mobile Google Google Maps update shields user location data from law enforcement requests No access means Google can't respond to warrants By Rob Thubron, December 15, 2023, 11:34 AM 10 comments
Electronics Software Researchers demo decades-old backdoors in encrypted radio systems used by police Vendors have known of these vulnerabilities since the 90s but never said a word By Cal Jeffrey, July 25, 2023, 2:39 PM
Security Tech Culture France's Orwellian move: new law allows police surveillance through device cameras, mics, and GPS Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre? By Rob Thubron, July 7, 2023, 6:49 AM
Mobile UK police blame Android SOS feature after being inundated with "silent" emergency calls Beware the butt dial By Rob Thubron, June 26, 2023, 8:08 AM
Gaming Unreal Engine 5 game "Unrecord" demos stunningly realistic bodycam graphics A few tricks compensate for the usual FPS graphics flaws By Daniel Sims, April 21, 2023, 6:15 AM 27 comments
Tech Culture Electronics NYPD brings back the Digidog robot dog, two years after tearing up its contract with Boston Dynamics "The NYPD is turning bad science fiction into terrible policing" By Rob Thubron, April 12, 2023, 8:34 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Lawsuit over fatal 2017 Call of Duty swatting incident ends in $5 million settlement The officer who killed innocent Andrew Finch was later promoted By Rob Thubron, March 23, 2023, 5:19 AM 11 comments
Electronics San Francisco supervisors pivot 180 degrees on their decision to allow killer robots Last week they voted 8-3 for using lethal robotic force, while this week the vote was 8-3 to ban the tactic By Cal Jeffrey, December 7, 2022, 1:36 PM 11 comments
Electronics San Francisco green lights SFPD rule allowing robotic lethal-force "This is not [like] Robocop." Not yet, anyway By Cal Jeffrey, November 30, 2022, 3:32 PM 9 comments
Electronics San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force "You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9. You have five seconds to comply." By Cal Jeffrey, November 23, 2022, 5:21 PM 24 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Police drop in on streamer after hearing him shouting for help during Apex Legends game They were very polite about it By Rob Thubron, February 17, 2022, 7:44 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Police officers fired for ignoring robbery to play Pokémon Go denied appeal Catch a criminal or a Snorlax? By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2022, 5:17 AM
The Web Tech Culture Police in Beverly Hills are playing copyrighted music to deter livestreaming A clever loophole to curb the sharing of police videos on social media? By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2021, 10:52 AM 50 comments
Tech Culture AI Los Angeles Police Department bans the use of third-party facial recognition technology LAPD can still use in-house alternatives, though By Cohen Coberly, November 18, 2020, 1:28 PM
Industry Gaming Ubisoft Montreal office involved in fake bomb threat Caller demanded over $2 million in ransom By David Matthews, November 13, 2020, 7:48 PM 14 comments
Security Mobile Law enforcement agencies have powerful forensic tools to gather information from your phone Scary powerful forensic tools By Shawn Knight, October 21, 2020, 3:00 PM 11 comments
Tech Culture French PS4 sale leads to rowdy crowds being pepper sprayed by police A new PS4 for just over $100! By Rob Thubron, June 18, 2020, 8:03 AM
Mobile Tech Culture NYPD to replace officers' handwritten patrol memo books with iPhone app NYPD is losing one of its oldest policing tools By Shawn Knight, February 5, 2020, 4:38 PM 8 comments
Security London police will deploy live facial recognition cameras to catch criminals They may improve city security, but at what cost? By Cohen Coberly, January 25, 2020, 6:51 AM 14 comments
Electronics Tech Culture Police testing taser alternative that wraps suspects up in a tether, Spider-Man-style A lot safer than being electrocuted By Rob Thubron, September 19, 2019, 8:05 AM 19 comments
Tech Culture Security Amazon's Ring has partnerships with over 400 US police forces The company calls it the "new neighborhood watch" By Adrian Potoroaca, August 28, 2019, 7:16 PM 14 comments