police – MasMaz

USPS told its postal police officers to stand down, igniting concerns about mail-in ballot security and sparking another lawsuit against the agency

MasMazOctober 21, 2020

by MasMazOctober 21, 2020038

A USPS mail worker wearing a mask is seen driving between houses while it rains as the state of New Jersey on August 13, 2020....

Technology

San Diego PD Uses Police Charity To Buy Off-The-Books Phone Cracking Tech

MasMazOctober 12, 2020

by MasMazOctober 12, 2020029

A law enforcement agency looking to dodge oversight has a few options. First, there’s the 1033 program, which allows agencies to pick up useful things...

Technology

Rochester mayor pledges reforms after police killing of Daniel Prude

MasMazSeptember 7, 2020

by MasMazSeptember 7, 2020063

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 03: People light candles at a make shift memorial at the site where Daniel Prude was arrested on September 03,...

Technology

Las Vegas Police Are Running Lots Of Low Quality Images Through Their Facial Recognition System

MasMazAugust 13, 2020

by MasMazAugust 13, 2020044

Even when facial recognition software works well, it still performs pretty poorly. When algorithms aren’t generating false positives, they’re acting on the biases programmed into...

Technology

Gedmatch investigating after users’ DNA profile data made available to police

MasMazJuly 20, 2020

by MasMazJuly 20, 2020085

Gedmatch, the DNA analysis site that police used to catch the so-called Golden State Killer, was pulled briefly offline on Sunday while its parent company...

Technology

Google workers demand the company stop selling its tech to police

MasMazJune 23, 2020

by MasMazJune 23, 2020046

“We should not be in the business of criminalizing Black existence while we chant that Black Lives Matter,” reads a letter from Google employees. Source...

Technology

269GB of data stolen from US police departments published after ‘BlueLeaks’ hack

MasMazJune 23, 2020

by MasMazJune 23, 2020038

Data stolen from hundreds of police departments across the U.S. have been published online in a hack dubbed “BlueLeaks.” The 269 gigabytes of data was...

Technology

'Fortnite' has quietly removed police cars from the game amid ongoing anti-police-brutality protests

MasMazJune 22, 2020

by MasMazJune 22, 2020062

“Fortnite” just got a huge update alongside the launch of the game’s third season. The update flooded the game’s map and added a ton of...

Technology

Nextdoor eliminates its Forward to Police program

MasMazJune 20, 2020

by MasMazJune 20, 2020079

Photo by Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor says it is discontinuing its Forward to Police feature which let users send...

Technology

NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance technologies

MasMazJune 18, 2020

by MasMazJune 18, 2020043

New York City Council today passed the POST Act — a law requiring the NYPD to disclose all surveillance technologies in active use.Read More Source...

Technology

How to turn filming the police into the end of police brutality

MasMazJune 14, 2020

by MasMazJune 14, 2020055

Of all the videos that were released after George Floyd’s murder, the one recorded by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier on her phone is the most jarring....

Technology

Unarmed professionals will now respond to non-criminal police calls in San Francisco to reduce 'police confrontations'

MasMazJune 13, 2020

by MasMazJune 13, 2020036

San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in the coming months, professionals would respond to non-criminal calls instead of officers. The move is part of a...

Technology

The two-year fight to stop Amazon from selling face recognition to the police

MasMazJune 13, 2020

by MasMazJune 13, 2020030

In the summer of 2018, nearly 70 civil rights and research organizations wrote a letter to Jeff Bezos demanding that Amazon stop providing face recognition...

Technology

Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition software

MasMazJune 11, 2020

by MasMazJune 11, 2020028

The company said it was placing a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition, its facial recognition platform, while calling for new regulation on the...

Technology

Police abuse. Entitled white people: The most relevant, antiracist video game of 2020

MasMazJune 10, 2020

by MasMazJune 10, 2020031

Mostly overlooked in the “Animal Crossing” craze, “Treachery in Beatdown City” is a game in which you fight racists. Behind its humor and retro look...

Ryzen 7 2700x Price Crash: Last chance…

Samsung Galaxy Note9 SM-N960 – 128GB –…

Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra CAD Renders…

Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930A – 32GB Black…

Here are all of the known issues…

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active 64gb Titanium Gold…

Amazon extends remote work policy for office…

New Samsung Galaxy S9+ Plus At&t Straight…

What makes IT Project successful– Development, UI,…

HEAD CASE DESIGNS LONDON BEST LEATHER BOOK…

MasMaz

Tag: police

USPS told its postal police officers to stand down, igniting concerns about mail-in ballot security and sparking another lawsuit against the agency

San Diego PD Uses Police Charity To Buy Off-The-Books Phone Cracking Tech

Rochester mayor pledges reforms after police killing of Daniel Prude

Las Vegas Police Are Running Lots Of Low Quality Images Through Their Facial Recognition System

Gedmatch investigating after users’ DNA profile data made available to police

Google workers demand the company stop selling its tech to police

269GB of data stolen from US police departments published after ‘BlueLeaks’ hack

'Fortnite' has quietly removed police cars from the game amid ongoing anti-police-brutality protests

Nextdoor eliminates its Forward to Police program

NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance technologies

How to turn filming the police into the end of police brutality

Unarmed professionals will now respond to non-criminal police calls in San Francisco to reduce 'police confrontations'

The two-year fight to stop Amazon from selling face recognition to the police

Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition software

Police abuse. Entitled white people: The most relevant, antiracist video game of 2020