Category: lawenforcement

Facial recognition linked to a second wrongful arrest by Detroit police

[ad_1] The perpetrator, who was recorded in footage captured on a phone, doesn’t look like Oliver. For one thing, he has tattoos on his arms, and there aren’t any visible on the person in the video. When Oliver’s attorney took photos of him to the victim and an assistant prosecutor, they agreed Oliver had been […]

Can the police make me unlock my smartphone?

[ad_1] Terrence O’BrienManaging Editor Although I’m not a lawyer, I was able to find some information courtesy of the ACLU and the EFF. (Note that this information pertains to US citizens specifically.) If you’re at the border, police are permitted to search your computer and portable devices, regardless of whether they have a warrant. Other […]