#Hacking & #Cybersecurity dominate at #BHUSA
Many of America’s top cybersecurity executives are gathering in Las Vegas this week for an annual conference known as Black Hat 2016. Organizers say hacking rem…
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Activists give Boston’s body camera pilot program a mixed review
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, lauded Boston police for prohibiting use of facial recognition technology that would let officers take an image and use…
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Memphis Police Department’s body camera policy receives low scores from national group
"“No department received a green light on this criteria,” said Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, who worked on the score card with the Leadership Conferenc…
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Police body cam policies in San Jose and Oakland are flawed, report says
""Body-worn cameras carry this promise of police accountability," said Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a technology consulting company, and one…
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Arizona police agencies get low marks for body camera policies
"“They got six red and two yellows and no greens, so I think hopefully this scorecard helps community advocates in Phoenix identify areas where the departm…
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Chicago Police body camera policies score high
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, said the discussion of when an officer should turn on a body camera is extremely important after O’Neal’s death. “Looki…
Opinion: How to make democracy harder to hack
With the alleged Russian government hack of the Democratic National Convention email servers, and further leaks expected over the coming months that could influ…
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Feminist Jessica Valenti Quits Social Media After Rape Threat Against 5-Year-Old Daughter
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace who has spent several years interviewing Valenti ab…
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Pop star tells fans to send their Twitter passwords, but it might be illegal
""While the entertainer in question likely considers this password collection to be a harmless personalized promotional activity, there may indeed be…
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Machines v. hackers: Cybersecurity's artificial intelligence future
""There’s a huge need right now in the workforce and I don’t see that diminishing,” says Richard Forno, assistant director at the University of Maryla…
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How Police Can Get Around in WhatsApp Encryption (Translated)
"SEASON - Is there a secure and democratic way to circumvent end-to-end encryption without violating users' privacy? Riana Pfefferkorn - No. Users ar…
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Police seek to unlock murder victim's phone using 3D replica of fingertips
"“Here we have a long history of taking fingerprints off glasses, taking pictures of people and doing facial recognition, taking hair samples. If we’re not…