Katy Reckdahl reports: It’s not the type of crime that typically ends in arrest: a murder in a parking garage after a suspected drug deal. But a camera from the New Orleans Police Department’s $40 million camera system caught high-definition images of the probable killer. The department disseminated clear images and made an arrest within…
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Australia’s horrific new encryption law likely to obliterate its tech scene
Tristan Greene reports: Australia‘s government signed a bill into law last week giving law enforcement agencies the right to force technology companies to reveal users’ encrypted messages. Another way of putting it: Australia‘s tech scene will soon be located on the Wayback Machine. The law was introduced as the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018, but…
Italian regulator fines Facebook £8.9m for misleading users
Alex Hern reports: Facebook has been fined €10m (£8.9m) by Italian authorities for misleading users over its data practices. The two fines issued by Italy’s competition watchdog are some of the largest levied against the social media company for data misuse, dwarfing the £500,000 fine levied by the British Information Commissioner’s Office in September – the maximum that…
IE: Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer wins legal action over phone data
Orla O’Donnell reports: Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer has won his legal action against the Garda Commissioner and the State over data from mobile phones. The ruling could have implications for many other criminal cases and investigations. The High Court found that the Irish legislation, which allows data from mobile phones to be retained and accessed, breaches EU law…