Category: city

Oakland bans city use of facial recognition software

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In ban, bias, body cameras, california, city, city council, facial recognition, gear, inaccuracies, oakland, police, Politics, Privacy, Security, surveillance, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Oakland, Calif. is now the third US city to ban the use of facial recognition technology. The city passed an ordinance yesterday that prohibits the use of the technology on the grounds that it is often inaccurate, potentially invasive and lacks standards. “Face recognition technology runs the risk of making Oakland residents less safe […]

A ransomware attack is holding Baltimore’s networks hostage

Post author By Randall
Post date May 8, 2019
Categories In baltimore, bernard young, bitcoin, city, Cybersecurity, encryption, fbi, frank johnson, gear, government, Hack, hostage, municipal, networks, Politics, ransom, ransomware, robbinhood, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Nearly every department of the city government was affected in some way, though the police, fire, emergency response and 311 systems remained up. The city’s phones are still active, and employees are at work. City Council did cancel at least one hearing on gun violence. According to the Baltimore Sun the ransomware — a […]