[ad_1] Nextdoor said in a statement that it had already cut “problematic posts” by 75 percent through changing the flow of safety posts to teach people about bias and prevent knee-jerk posting. Only 0.001 percent of posts were “related to racial profiling,” the company added, and there were efforts to lower that volume further. There […]
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Amazon places ‘moratorium’ on police use of its facial recognition tech
[ad_1] We’ve asked Amazon for comment. At present, it’s not clear if “police” refers to all law enforcement or standard police forces. The move comes just days after Congressional Democrats introduced a police reform bill that, among other things, would forbid the use of real-time facial recognition for body and dashboard cameras without a judge’s […]
Microsoft employees ask the company to end contracts with Seattle police
[ad_1] “We are all in agreement that our neighborhood has been turned into [a] warzone escalated by SPD and that our coworkers and leaders need to know what is happening,” the letter reads. “We need awareness and empathy across every level of management asap so that the burden of educating our coworkers doesn’t fall on […]
Police reform bill proposes mandatory body cameras for federal officers
[ad_1] Officers will have to switch on their cameras whenever they’re responding to a service call or interacting with a member of the public in “any other law enforcement or investigative encounter.” If it’s not safe or possible for them to activate the camera because they’re facing an immediate danger, they’ll do so as soon […]
The UK is cracking down on sales of fraudulent ‘anti-5G’ USB sticks
[ad_1] BioShield Distribution After tearing down the device, Pen Test Partners, a company that takes apart consumer electronics to test them for security vulnerabilities, found there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about the USB key. It comes with a modest 128MB capacity, an inexpensive sticker and a 25-page PDF that repeats much of the material […]
District judge rules FBI needs a warrant just to access your lock screen
[ad_1] When police arrested a suspect named Joseph Sam in Washington state last year, an officer hit a button on the man’s phone to bring up its lock screen. Months later, an FBI agent turned the phone on to take a photograph of the lock screen, which contained evidence in the form of a contact, […]
Sphero spins off a new company to make robots for police, military use
[ad_1] Sphero has brought four million robots to market, including programmable tank robots, and it’s experience in mobility could come in handy. We’ve also seen it make wearables. Though so far, those have been used to create music, not keep users safe. It’s not entirely surprising that Sphero would see an opportunity in the military […]
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[ad_1] Ring’s work with police lacks solid evidence of reducing crime Alfred Ng,CNET As data is being revealed on a regular basis, the stats don’t point to any significant reduction in crime caused by police departments’ close association with Ring. Even in areas where crime did go down, it can be difficult to determine if […]
San Diego police ban Clearview AI’s facial recognition tool
[ad_1] Clearview AI’s platform has raised a number of ethical concerns. Police can theoretically use photos and videos from security cameras to discover your online presence, including details you might not have realized were public. There’s also evidence to suggest some (if not many) facial recognition algorithms have gender and race biases. And that’s assuming […]
Google location data led police to investigate an innocent cyclist
[ad_1] The initial data had been anonymized like Google said it would in the past, but police had asked Google to provide information about McCoy’s account after noticing the unusual activity. Google notified McCoy of the request on January 14th of this year, but he had just a week to ask a court to block […]