The CEO of the messaging app Signal claims to have hacked the phone cracking tools used by police in Britain and around the world to extract information from seized devices. In an online post, Moxie Marlinspike, the security researcher who founded Signal in 2013, detailed a series of vulnerabilities in Continue Reading
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Two die in Tesla car crash in Texas with ‘no one’ in driver’s seat, police say | Tesla
Two men died after a Tesla vehicle, which was believed to be operating without anyone in the driver’s seat, crashed into a tree north of Houston, authorities said. “There was no one in the driver’s seat,” Sgt Cinthya Umanzor of the Harris County Constable Precinct 4 said of the crash Continue Reading
Your ‘smart home’ is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police | Technology
You may have a roommate you have never met. And even worse, they are nosy. They track what you watch on TV, they track when you leave the lights on in the living room, and they even track whenever you use a key fob to enter the house. This is Continue Reading
UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access | Facebook
Ministers are considering forcing Facebook to implement a backdoor to allow security agencies and police to read the contents of messages sent across its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram chat services. Industry sources say they understand that the Home Office is threatening to use a special legal power called a technical Continue Reading
Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network shut down | Encryption
Police in Belgium and the Netherlands have arrested at least 80 people and carried out hundreds of raids after shutting down an encrypted phone network used by organised crime groups. Belgian, Dutch and French police said they had hacked into the Sky ECC network, allowing them to look “over the Continue Reading
NSW police to send text alerts to people near where a missing person was last seen | Australian police and policing
New South Wales police will soon be able to send texts to people in the vicinity of where a missing person was last seen. It’s hoped the SMS geo-targeting alert system will help police quickly find high-risk missing persons. A text message would be sent to all mobile devices in Continue Reading
Piers Morgan says police are ‘seriously’ investigating death threats he received on social media- Tempemail
The Good Morning Britain presenter and former News of the World editor shared a screenshot of his notifications on Instagram, which included threats and abuse from members of the public. One social media user had described Morgan as a “marked man” and said he would be “killed”. Writing on Twitter Continue Reading
Indian police detain students demanding release of activist Police activist Indian students Police- Tempemail
Indian police on Wednesday detained around a dozen student protesters who were trying to march to the Parliament building in New Delhi to demand the release of a 22-year-old climate activist arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of protests by farmers. The protesters shouted “Free Disha Continue Reading
UK’s first football hate crime officer turns focus on social media | Police- Tempemail
Since starting his role as the UK’s first football hate crime officer earlier this month, PC Stuart Ward has been busier than expected, considering football fans are banned from stadiums as part of the coronavirus lockdown. Instead of jibes from the stands, players are now fielding more abuse on social Continue Reading
Indian police arrest climate activist for supporting farmers farmers farmers Social Media Indian farmers- Tempemail
An Indian climate activist has been arrested for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month, leaving one protester dead and about 400 police officers injured during clashes in the Indian capital, police said Sunday. Disha Ravi, 22, was arrested in the Continue Reading