Zack Whittaker writes: I consider myself a fairly privacy-conscious person, going out of my way to evade online tracking and, for the most part, avoiding spam mail. But when I found myself staring at my home address on the website of a company I had never heard of, I knew somewhere I had gone wrong. A…
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Police sweep Google searches to find suspects. The tactic is facing its first legal challenge.
Jon Schuppe reports: A teen charged with setting a fire that killed five members of a Senegalese immigrant family in Denver, Colorado, has become the first person to challenge police use of Google search histories to find someone who might have committed a crime, according to his lawyers. The pushback against this surveillance tool, known as a…
Canada’s national police force admits use of spyware to hack phones
Maura Forrest reports: In a “remarkable” disclosure, Canada’s national police force has described for the first time how it uses spyware to infiltrate mobile devices and collect data, including by remotely turning on the camera and microphone of a suspect’s phone or laptop. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says it only uses such tools in…
Young woman waives right to anonymity so her brother could be named for sexually assaulting and raping her as a child
Eavan Murray reports: A professional musician has been jailed for three years for the rape and sexual assault of his sister which began when she was six years old. His sister Aoife Farrelly (21) waived her anonymity so he could be named. […] Ms. Farrelly waived her anonymity in the hope by doing so she…