Peter DiamondToday we reach out to the ACLU of Minnesota and the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information to ask about police body cameras. Are they invasive for the public? Are they holding police accountable? Read more →
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Home Depot confirmed Monday that their payment systems had been hacked in more than 2,000 stores located in the United States and Canada. Read more →
Michael Olson“Fears of prying from the sky have some Minnesota lawmakers seeking clamps on law enforcement’s use of unmanned aerial drones to gather evidence,” writes the AP’s Brian Bakst. Drones operated by Minnesota authorities aren’t taking off just yet, but legislation that would curb potential uses is on the docket for the 2014 session. The drone Read more →
The massive data breach at Target stores has justly angered many customers who are trying to protect their identity. While a breach of this scale isn’t common, personal information is inadvertently released, or stolen every day. “In a recent report, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics found that total losses attributed to identity theft in Read more →
Image: Wavesforms by Mikael Altemark via Flickr “At the Tech Crunch Disrupt conference in September, Google’s top security executive, Heather Adkins, declared that passwords are dead. And that’s straight from a founding member of the security team at Google, home to 425 million email accounts,” reports NPR News. Adkins says startups tying their future to Read more →
“In a bid to reduce instances of officer misconduct and help the Minneapolis Police Department defeat frivolous brutality complaints and lawsuits, city officials are considering whether to issue wearable cameras to police officers,” writes MPR News reporter Brandt Williams. The city has paid more than $20 million to resolve misconduct lawsuits and claims during the Read more →
AP: President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed. “For the first time, the U.S. government has acknowledged killing four American Read more →
“The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a special permit for the Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department and the University of North Dakota to fly drones in 16 North Dakota counties, where they are training officers to use the drones,” reports Dan Gunderson for MPR News. Small drones could save police time and money, but privacy advocates Read more →
Second of two explosions at Boston marathon, April 15, 2013. The explosions took place about three hours after the winners crossed the finish line. The second one could be heard a few seconds after the first one. (Boston_to_a_T via Twitter) The Boston Marathon explosions have some rethinking their safety at large public events. The people Read more →
Eric RinghamThe Obama administration’s use of drones to kill terror suspects has attracted harsh criticism in recent days and contributed to the controversy around the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Some in government are calling for more transparency and accountability – for example, by subjecting drone strikes to a legal review process, or Read more →