Tesla’s Model X has had some brushes with law enforcement – in a good way, as when police from Toronto demonstrated one in their patrol car colors to show what it might be like to actually use them. But police from Switzerland’s Basel-Stadt police force are going one further, and actually ordering Model X vehicles […]
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Congress should close the loophole allowing warrantless digital car searches
As “connected cars” become increasingly linked to people’s digital identities, there is a risk that police will use this exception to conduct digital searches without warrants. Congress should close this loophole. Read More
SEC’s new cyber unit takes its first action to halt an initial coin offering ‘scam’
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Canadian crypto company PlexCorp with violating securities laws by selling up to $15 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). ICO’s have seen explosive growth over the past year as fledgling companies have used them raise more than $3 billion in capital through various cryptocurrencies. However, experts have warned they can present… Read More
Police and communities can find themselves without a way to communicate. This startup thinks it can help.
When Kona Shen moved back to the United States in 2014 after a few years in Haiti, she returned to a country grappling with police brutality. Eric Garner was killed in a police officer’s chokehold that July and Michael Brown was shot and killed by an…
View More Police and communities can find themselves without a way to communicate. This startup thinks it can help.UK bulk spying challenge in European Court of Human Rights
Legal representatives of the UK government faced a raft of questions today from judges sitting in the European Court of Human Rights hearing a challenge to intelligence agencies’ bulk collection practices brought by a coalition of civil and human rights campaigners. Read More