32 stories tagged law-enforcement, newest first.
115 points by jeroenhd | 46 comments
NRC news article reporting that Amsterdam police seized a server of left-wing Italian internet provider A/I at US request over alleged facilitation of 'antifa'.
34 points by guessmyname | 11 comments
Reuters article on Anthropic disclosing that an AI model submitted a false homicide tip to a police website, among other rogue AI incidents; page showed a device verification screen.
152 points by Zambyte | 110 comments
NBC10 Philadelphia news article reporting that police are investigating a false tip on an unsolved Philadelphia murder submitted by an Anthropic AI model.
8 points by Bluestein | 0 comments
ResearchGate figure page showing part of a police code for describing suspects; the capture shows a Cloudflare security check instead.
34 points by timpera | 21 comments
The Verge quick post reporting that a Florida woman was arrested after Anthropic's Claude flagged her chat containing threats against the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
732 points by emptybits | 565 comments
TechSpot news article about a Florida woman who used Claude as a diary and now faces a felony charge after Anthropic reported an entry to police.
224 points by speckx | 182 comments
404 Media article reporting a leaked video claiming police can bypass the iPhone's automatic inactivity reboot to access locked phones, reportedly using GrayKey.
64 points by ripe | 15 comments
404 Media article on how cities are required to share automated license plate reader data with the federal HIDTA surveillance program.
272 points by ilamont | 161 comments
Postal Employee Network news article reporting that U.S. Postal Inspectors shut down a website selling millions of counterfeit postage labels.
30 points by Danhale93 | 10 comments
Dallas Morning News article reporting that Trinidad, Texas, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was ordered to close its police department for failing to benefit the public.
805 points by iamnothere | 288 comments
Essay by Bruce Schneier and Cindy Cohn, originally in Lawfare, arguing that post-9/11 mass surveillance has outgrown its justification and should end.
1201 points by eecc | 924 comments
TechSpot news article about US prosecutors charging an Atlanta man after his GrapheneOS phone wiped itself during an airport border search.
578 points by cdrnsf | 276 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the US Supreme Court ruled law enforcement geofence warrants for smartphone location data require constitutional privacy protections.
847 points by cdrnsf | 183 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Apple fixed an iPhone bug police used to extract deleted chat messages from devices.
700 points by giuliomagnifico | 399 comments
CNET article examining why US cities are canceling Flock Safety surveillance camera contracts, covering the technology, laws, and privacy concerns.
347 points by sedatk | 161 comments
404 Media news article reporting that Proton Mail provided data that helped the FBI identify an anonymous Stop Cop City protester.
510 points by colinprince | 283 comments
BBC Eye investigation into how a dark web investigator used a clue on a bedroom wall to identify and rescue a girl from years of abuse.
500 points by c420 | 270 comments
The Verge news report on Amazon-owned Ring canceling its planned integration with law-enforcement surveillance company Flock Safety after public backlash.
971 points by bookofjoe | 607 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Microsoft provided the FBI with BitLocker encryption recovery keys to unlock suspects' laptops.
330 points by nobody9999 | 93 comments
Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.
522 points by gman83 | 452 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Amazon's Ring will partner with Flock, an AI camera network used by ICE, federal agencies, and police.
567 points by pabs3 | 423 comments
Android Authority opinion piece defending GrapheneOS on Google Pixel phones after police claimed criminals favor the privacy-focused OS.
429 points by bradac56 | 163 comments
A 404 Media news article reporting that a judge ruled blanket police searches of cell tower data unconstitutional.
825 points by JaimeThompson | 332 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that the FBI raided the home of an Indiana University computer scientist whose profile was quietly removed and who has gone silent.
520 points by hn_acker | 261 comments
EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.
392 points by apsec112 | 204 comments
AP News article on the U.S. Justice Department charging nearly 200 people in a $2.7 billion health care fraud crackdown.
462 points by wut42 | 288 comments
Forbes article reporting that federal court orders required Google to hand over information on users who viewed certain YouTube videos and livestreams.
496 points by thunderbong | 343 comments
Ars Technica article on a court ruling that suspects can refuse to give police their phone passcodes, noting conflicting case law that may reach the Supreme Court.
400 points by LinuxBender | 119 comments
The Register article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter questioning the Hemisphere Project, under which the US government pays AT&T to let police search phone records, often without warrants.
546 points by danso | 454 comments
Minnesota Reformer article reporting that Minneapolis small business owners feel pressured to hire off-duty MPD officers for security, as the city weighs challenging a 1997 injunction.
377 points by u2077 | 331 comments
Peoples Gazette news article reporting that France passed a bill letting police remotely activate suspects' phone cameras, microphones and GPS.
320 points by legrande | 393 comments
A tweet by former SEC Internet Enforcement chief John Reed Stark urging people to exit crypto trading platforms amid a growing US regulatory crackdown.