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The FBI along with an alliance of international law enforcement agencies took over the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums on Wednesday. For years, BreachForums was a popular…
As part of an investigation into people involved in the pro-independence movement in Catalonia, Spanish police received information from the encrypted services Wire and Proton, which…
Microsoft bans US police departments from using the company’s AI tool for facial recognition
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Microsoft has changed policy ban US police departments from using genetic AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around…
Modernize: Electronic Frontier Foundation senior policy analyst Matthew Guariglia offered TechCrunch the following statement: Today, Amazon Ring announced that it will no longer facilitate warrantless police…
A geo-protection warrant typo dropped a location dragnet that stretches two miles over San Francisco
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Defenders of civil liberties have long argued that “geographical attack” search warrants are unconstitutional because of their ability to ensnare completely innocent people who were nearby…
Authorities claim to have seized the dark leak site of the notorious ALPHV ransomware
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An international team of law enforcement agencies has taken down the dark web leaking the infamous ransomware known as ALPHV or BlackCat. “The Federal Bureau of…
Apple will no longer give push notification user data to the police without a warrant
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Apple said it will no longer hand over users’ push notification files to law enforcement unless the company receives a valid court order. In Law enforcement…