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Amazon Agreement Allows Police to Keep and Share Ring Doorbell Footage Indefinitely…

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Amazon has made an agreement with hundreds of law enforcement agencies to allow footage obtained through their home surveillance Ring doorbells to be stored and shared indefinitely with police, with or without legal cause. More than 600 police departments across the country are in an agreement with Ring to collect up to 12 hours of […]

Meet America’s Newest Military Giant: Amazon…

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The Pentagon’s controversial $10bn JEDI cloud computing deal is one of the most lucrative defense contracts ever. Amazon’s in pole position to win—and its move into the military has been a long time coming. Stephen E. Arnold, a specialist in intelligence and law enforcement software, has used a series of online videos to trace the […]

The “Safe Drivers Act” Is a Real-Time National Driver Surveillance Program…

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A new Senate bill would create a real-time national driver surveillance program that would allow law enforcement to know anything and everything about a driver at the click of a button. A recent article in WCVB Channel 5 revealed that the “Safe Drivers Act” is designed for one purpose and that is to share everything […]

Law Enforcement Thwarted Three Mass Shootings Last Week in Three States…

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Police thwarted three potential mass shootings in the span of three days late last week, just two weeks after the US saw two devastating massacres that left 29 dead in 13 hours. Cops arrested three men in separate incidents in Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio after receiving tips from the public. The would-be shooters, ages 20 […]

Ring Told People to Snitch on Their Neighbors in Exchange for Free Stuff…

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Ring, Amazon’s home security company, has encouraged people to form their own “Digital Neighborhood Watch” groups that report crime in exchange for free or discounted Ring products, according to an internal company slide presentation obtained by Motherboard. The slide presentation—which is titled “Digital Neighborhood Watch” and was created in 2017, according to Ring—tells people that […]

Ex-FBI Agent in Navy SEAL Governor Case Charged with Perjury and Evidence Tampering…

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A former FBI agent hired to investigate Eric Greitens, a Navy SEAL veteran who was Missouri governor, has been indicted on perjury charges. William Tisaby was charged with six counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in the indictment, which was unsealed Monday. He had been under investigation by a special […]

Chicago Police Release Hundreds of Pages of Documents Related to Jussie Smollett Case…

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The Chicago Police Department released more than 400 pages of documents related to the investigation and arrest of “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. Thursday’s release came a week after a Cook County judge ordered the information be released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. Smollett was accused of hiring two individuals […]

Democrats, Republicans Both Want to Regulate Facial Recognition…

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Legal experts, tech researchers and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for Congress to rein in the use of facial recognition tools by law enforcement agencies “before it gets out of control.” If left unchecked, they said the tech could infringe on Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, and perpetuate racial and gender […]

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