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"But Ryan Calo, law professor and expert in legal issues and robotics saw little difference between the bomb robot and having a sniper shoot from a distance.
"No court would find a legal problem here. When someone is an ongoing lethal danger, there isn’t an obligation by officers to put themselves in harm’s way," he said" Read more about Defusing police use of 'bomb robots'
3 perguntas para Riana Pfefferkorn, pesquisadora na área de criptografia no Center for Internet and Society da Stanford Law School (EUA).
“O debate sobre a criptografia versus aplicação da lei é um debate ‘segurança versus segurança’, não um debate ‘privacidade versus segurança’”
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"“That’s kind of a do-nothing idea for me,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. “It seems like you’re just kicking the can down the road with a commission.”
Pfefferkorn said Congress needs to settle the debate once and for all with a national policy in support of strong encryption that declares the technology to be good for national security, the economy and civil liberties."
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"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, who specializes in surveillance and technology issues, said she thought the Dallas blast was the first time U.S. police had intentionally used a lethal robot.
"We already see surveillance robots," Joh said. "But a robot that is capable of harming or killing people is a game changer."" Read more about Bomb kill by robot a shift in police use
""If lethally equipped robots can be used in this situation, when else can they be used?" says Elizabeth Joh, a University of California at Davis law professor who has followed U.S. law enforcement's use of technology. "Extreme emergencies shouldn't define the scope of more ordinary situations where police may want to use robots that are capable of harm."" Read more about Killer robot used by Dallas police opens ethical debate
"Joh said she was worried that the decision by police to use robots to end lives had been arrived at far too casually. “Lethally armed police robots raise all sorts of new legal, ethical, and technical questions we haven’t decided upon in any systematic way,” she said. “Under federal constitutional law, excessive-force claims against the police are governed by the fourth amendment. But we typically examine deadly force by the police in terms of an immediate threat to the officer or others. Read more about Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history
"“Police are permitted to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, but what does it mean...when the police may be far away?” said Elizabeth Joh, a criminal law professor at the University of California Davis. “Do we want lethally armed police robots to become an ordinary part of policing? Do we want such robots to have artificial intelligence? The Dallas incident shows that these aren’t just fanciful hypotheticals.”" Read more about Dallas Police Believed to Be First to Use Robot Lethally
"“The legal framework for police use of force assumes human decision-making about immediate human threats,” Elizabeth Joh, a professor of law specializing in policing and technology at the University of California Davis, told HuffPost. “What does that mean when the police are far away from a suspect posing a threat? What does ‘objectively reasonable’ lethal robotic force look like?” Read more about Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’ Raises Sticky Questions
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, noted that the FBI signed similar agreements with a third party to use so-called “Stingray” technology, which, in effect, impersonates a cellphone tower to pick up phone calls. Read more about DA Moore hopeful FBI’s stance on unlocking iPhones will help in local criminal case
""By allowing pre-report viewing, statements from officers will always appear more accurate and more credible than other witnesses statements, which would unnecessarily tilt the justice system even further against criminal defendants," said Harlan Yu, a principal with technology consulting firm Upturn, which last yearcollaborated on a camera policy "scorecard" compiled by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, which represents more than 200 national organizations. Read more about Editorial: Body camera policies must benefit both police and the policed
