Hacker News with Generative AI: Law Enforcement

Arrests "imminent" in eXch money laundering case after crypto seizure (monero.forex)
eXch, an instant crypto exchange long preferred by users desiring privacy, has abruptly and unexpectedly announced that they are shutting down their service.
Cryptocurrency, Finance, Law Enforcement, Privacy
10 points by lennychanuk 5 hours ago | 0 comments
Teens Almost Got Away with Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches (wired.com)
Amadou Sow woke to the shrieking of smoke detectors. It was a little after 2:30 am on August 5, 2020, and his house in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, was ablaze.
Crime, Law Enforcement, Technology, Google Search
7 points by 01-_- 2 days ago | 0 comments
'A Billion Streams and No Fans': Inside a $10M AI Music Fraud Case (wired.com)
Almost no one hits it big in music. The odds are so bad it’s criminal. But on a late spring evening in Louisville, Kentucky, Mike Smith and Jonathan Hay were having that rare golden moment when everything clicks.
Music Industry, Artificial Intelligence, Fraud, Law Enforcement
12 points by tosh 3 days ago | 1 comments
SEC SIM-swapper who Googled 'signs that the FBI is after you' put behind bars (theregister.com)
An Alabama man who SIM-swapped his way into the SEC's official X account, enabling a fake ETF announcement that briefly pumped Bitcoin, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Cryptocurrency, Social Media
21 points by gslin 4 days ago | 5 comments
Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors, police gadgets (theguardian.com)
The state of Oregon, which has long struggled with one of the worst drug-addiction crises in the US, last year announced $20m in grants to help connect people to substance-use services.
Addiction, Law Enforcement, Public Spending, Oregon, Social Issues
28 points by c420 4 days ago | 7 comments
Italy Fines over 2,200 Pirate IPTV Subscribers in New Crackdown (torrentfreak.com)
Italy has intensified its fight against IPTV piracy by issuing fines direct to subscribers whose details were linked to a criminal investigation.
IPTV, Piracy, Italy, Law Enforcement, Copyright
3 points by gslin 4 days ago | 0 comments
Traffic Enforcement Dwindled in the Pandemic. In Many Places, It Hasnt Come Back (nytimes.com)
In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, traffic stops by the police plummeted around the country, as fewer cars were on the road and as agencies instructed officers to avoid nonessential contact with the public.
Traffic Enforcement, Pandemic, Law Enforcement, Crime
16 points by Michelangelo11 5 days ago | 4 comments
Kingston Police's use of a drone to catch distracted drivers stirs backlash (cbc.ca)
Police, Drones, Privacy, Law Enforcement, Technology
7 points by awnird 6 days ago | 1 comments
Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law (techradar.com)
Privacy, Switzerland, Law Enforcement, Technology, Cybersecurity
490 points by taubek 6 days ago | 219 comments
A new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans (technologyreview.com)
Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.
Artificial Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Facial Recognition, Surveillance
9 points by walterbell 7 days ago | 0 comments
What the government tried to keep hidden in IRS/ICE data sharing agreement (americanoversight.org)
On Tuesday, a controversial agreement between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and immigration authorities that had been shrouded in secrecy was finally made available to the public in its near entirety, thanks to American Oversight’s successful efforts in ongoing litigation.
Government Transparency, Law Enforcement, Immigration, IRS
6 points by anigbrowl 9 days ago | 1 comments
'Crime Bingo' Results in 9 Montana Felony Cases Being Thrown Out (cowboystatedaily.com)
Nine felony cases connected to a game of “Crime Bingo” played by Bozeman Police Department officers will not be prosecuted, said Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell.
Law Enforcement, Montana, Crime, Legal Cases
7 points by Bender 10 days ago | 0 comments
Two Claiming to Be Trump Appointees Blocked from Entering US Copyright Office (wired.com)
Two men claiming to be newly appointed Trump administration officials tried to enter the US Copyright Office in Washington, DC, on Monday, but left before gaining access to the building, sources tell WIRED.
Politics, Government, Security, Law Enforcement
12 points by gmcharlt 11 days ago | 1 comments
Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department (apnews.com)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in secret conclave
Corruption, Law Enforcement, Alabama, Politics, Religion
14 points by miles 14 days ago | 2 comments
Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed (techcrunch.com)
A Florida bill, which would have required social media companies to provide an encryption backdoor for allowing police to access user accounts and private messages, has failed to pass into law.
Privacy, Legislation, Social Media, Law Enforcement
12 points by speckx 14 days ago | 0 comments
Law Enforcement Seizes 9 DDoS-for-Hire Webpages as Part of Global Crackdown (justice.gov)
The Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of nine internet domains associated with some of the world’s leading DDoS-for-hire services.
Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, DDoS Attacks, Internet Crime
5 points by oavioklein 15 days ago | 0 comments
ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case (theintercept.com)
An immigration raid in western New York on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize.
Immigration, Labor Rights, Unions, Law Enforcement
23 points by _tk_ 16 days ago | 4 comments
"Police state" search got censored in Italy (ycombinator.com)
In recent years, the Italian government has been applying laws "to ensure security" considered by many different methods to restrict the freedom of citizens, easily condemn at will people considered hostile (as with the new law that allows to arrest anyone who tests positive for substances in the table of illegal substances while driving in any case, without the person being actually altered or alterable) and in fact making Italy more and more a police state.
Italy, Censorship, Law Enforcement, Human Rights
28 points by richsnipe 16 days ago | 11 comments
The DEA is now abandoning body cameras (propublica.org)
The Drug Enforcement Administration has quietly ended its body camera program barely four years after it began, according to an internal email obtained by ProPublica.
Law Enforcement, Government, Surveillance, Technology
164 points by bookofjoe 17 days ago | 67 comments
More Than 5k People Are on a NY State Police Gang Database (thecity.nyc)
As President Donald Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members and expels them to a notorious Salvadoran prison, New York state is quietly feeding federal authorities gang intelligence that could fuel the administration’s rapidly expanding, extrajudicial deportation machine.
Gang Databases, Law Enforcement, Immigration, Human Rights
3 points by geox 17 days ago | 0 comments
New Order Sparks 'Martial Law' Concerns (newsweek.com)
President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to increase the flow of military and national security equipment to local law enforcement, a move that has raised concerns about the militarization of policing across the United States.
Politics, Law Enforcement, Military, United States
17 points by andrewfromx 22 days ago | 0 comments
Tracking Earbuds Helped Wyoming Trooper Catch Man Who Took Off with Utah Teen (cowboystatedaily.com)
Using tracking data from a 17-year-old girl’s earbuds, and a photograph, a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper caught a 33-year-old man Sunday accused of taking the girl from her Utah hometown without her parents’ consent, authorities say.
Crime, Technology, Law Enforcement, Missing Persons
4 points by Bender 22 days ago | 0 comments
The latest executive order creates a police state (whitehouse.gov)
Safe communities rely on the backbone and heroism of a tough and well-equipped police force.
Politics, Law Enforcement, Public Safety
61 points by theahura 24 days ago | 20 comments
They Stole a Quarter-Billion in Crypto and Got Caught Within a Month (nytimes.com)
In the balmy late afternoon of Aug. 25, 2024, Sushil and Radhika Chetal were house-hunting in Danbury, Conn., in an upscale neighborhood of manicured yards and heated pools.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Law Enforcement
8 points by paulpauper 25 days ago | 0 comments
They Stole a Quarter-Billion in Crypto and Got Caught Within a Month (nytimes.com)
In the balmy late afternoon of Aug. 25, 2024, Sushil and Radhika Chetal were house-hunting in Danbury, Conn., in an upscale neighborhood of manicured yards and heated pools.
Cryptocurrency, Crime, Security, Law Enforcement
15 points by otterley 29 days ago | 2 comments
'Fighting crime blindfolded': Europe is coming after encryption (politico.eu)
Encryption, Privacy, Europe, Crime, Law Enforcement
17 points by c420 29 days ago | 6 comments
2024 FBI Internet Crime Report [pdf] (ic3.gov)
Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Government Reports
6 points by gnabgib 29 days ago | 0 comments
FBI Claims It Lost Records About Its Mysterious Hacking Abilities (gizmodo.com)
The FBI recently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying powerful hacking tools but now the agency claims that it can’t find the documentation associated with those procurements.
Government, Security, Hacking, Law Enforcement
12 points by fortran77 30 days ago | 0 comments
Why California's dangerous drivers get to keep their licenses (calmatters.org)
The California Department of Motor Vehicles routinely allows drivers like these — with horrifying histories of dangerous driving, including DUIs, crashes and numerous tickets — to continue to operate on our roadways, a CalMatters investigation has found. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
Traffic Safety, California, Law Enforcement, Accidents
18 points by colinprince 31 days ago | 7 comments
Samurai Cops: Inside Edo's Police Force During Feudal Japan (tokyoweekender.com)
After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan, established the Tokugawa shogunate, and moved the capital to Edo — modern-day Tokyo — in the early 17th century, he ended hundreds of years of civil war and senseless killings. Weirdly, though, people still kept murdering each other. Plus, there were all these other crimes being committed all over the city. 
History, Japan, Law Enforcement, Crime
28 points by cdplayer96 32 days ago | 6 comments