Hacker News with Generative AI: Law Enforcement

Cleveland police used AI to justify a search warrant. It derailed a murder case (cleveland.com)
A jury may never see the gun that authorities say was used to kill Blake Story last year.

AI, Law Enforcement, Crime, Justice System

137 points by rntn 1 day ago | 149 comments

Trump now controls the NSA and FBI – What this means for your privacy (proton.me)
The United States claims to be the land of the free, but freedom is impossible without individual privacy. You must be certain the government will not arbitrarily monitor you in your home or on your devices. Yet the US legal system does little to protect your privacy rights.

Politics, Privacy, Surveillance, Law Enforcement, USA

13 points by jethronethro 2 days ago | 0 comments

FBI remotely wiped Chinese malware from 4k US computers (moonlock.com)
The United States Department of Justice and the FBI announced that they remotely removed Chinese-linked malware from approximately 4,258 US-based computers and networks.

Cybersecurity, Malware, Government, China, Law Enforcement

8 points by alligatorplum 2 days ago | 0 comments

Mayor apologizes for sending cops to question man at work regarding parody page (wivb.com)
North Tonawanda, N.Y. (WIVB) — City of North Tonawanda Mayor Austin Tylec apologized at Tuesday night’s board meeting for sending two police officers to a business to question an employee about a spoof Facebook page.

Politics, Law Enforcement, Social Media, Parody

5 points by miles 2 days ago | 0 comments

ICE raid at Newark, NJ fish market was not part of mass deportation plan (fox5ny.com)
Federal immigration agents on Thursday detained several workers, including a U.S. military veteran, at Oceans Seafood Depot in Newark, New Jersey, local advocates and officials told FOX 5 NY.

Immigration, Law Enforcement, New Jersey

6 points by bloomingkales 3 days ago | 0 comments

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas about reports of Indigenous people being detained in the Valley.

Immigration, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, Law Enforcement

17 points by mandmandam 3 days ago | 8 comments

The Tech Arsenal That Could Power Trump's Immigration Crackdown (nytimes.com)
Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda.

Immigration, Surveillance, Technology, Politics, Law Enforcement

5 points by johntfella 3 days ago | 0 comments

Police struggling to keep pace with cryptocurrency fraudsters (cbc.ca)
Ottawa police say they're receiving daily reports of cryptocurrency fraud from victims who have been swindled out of their savings and investments, with very little chance of getting their money back.

Cryptocurrency, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Crime

7 points by uladzislau 5 days ago | 0 comments

Europol chief says Big Tech has 'responsibility' to unlock encrypted messages (ft.com)
Europol chief says Big Tech has ‘responsibility’ to unlock encrypted messages

Encryption, Law Enforcement, Technology, Privacy

18 points by belter 8 days ago | 3 comments

Feds worry AT&T breach could out informants (scworld.com)
The FBI is reportedly in a panic over a possible leak of informant data thanks to an AT&T data breach.

Data Breaches, Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Government

15 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 0 comments

Police Use of Face Recognition Continues to Wrack Up Real-World Harms (eff.org)
Police have shown, time and time again, that they cannot be trusted with face recognition technology (FRT). It is too dangerous, invasive, and in the hands of law enforcement, a perpetual liability.

Civil Liberties, Surveillance, Technology, Law Enforcement

32 points by haltingproblem 10 days ago | 7 comments

Top three insurers reaped $7.3B through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says (nbcnews.com)
The three largest drug middlemen inflated the costs of numerous life-saving medications by billions of dollars over the past few years, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report Tuesday.

Healthcare, Business, Law Enforcement, Drug Pricing

21 points by croes 10 days ago | 8 comments

Feds worry AT&T breach could out informants (scworld.com)
The FBI is reportedly in a panic over a possible leak of informant data thanks to an AT&T data breach.

Data Breaches, Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Telecommunications

8 points by LinuxBender 12 days ago | 0 comments

Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK (bbc.com)
A striking Tesla Cybertruck which is illegal to drive in the UK due to safety concerns has been seized by police in Greater Manchester.

Tesla, Cybertruck, UK, Law Enforcement, Safety

5 points by Fischgericht 12 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Cybertruck seized after being unlawfully driven on UK roads (news.sky.com)
A Tesla Cybertruck has been seized after being unlawfully driven in Greater Manchester.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, UK Laws, Transportation, Law Enforcement

10 points by belter 12 days ago | 9 comments

Pastor who saw crypto project in his "dream" indicted for fraud (bleepingcomputer.com)
A pastor at a Pasco, Washington, church has been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of millions between 2021 and 2023.

Cryptocurrency, Fraud, Religion, Law Enforcement

8 points by botanicals6 14 days ago | 5 comments

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested, local media reports (cnbc.com)

Politics, South Korea, Impeachment, Law Enforcement

53 points by r721 15 days ago | 26 comments

Justice Dept., FBI and International Partners Delete China-Backed Malware (justice.gov)
The Justice Department and FBI today announced a multi-month law enforcement operation that, alongside international partners, deleted “PlugX” malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide.

Cybersecurity, Malware, Law Enforcement, International Cooperation

11 points by Signez 15 days ago | 1 comments

89% of 2024 sexual offences in England went unsolve (theguardian.com)
Victims are being “let down time and time again” by police, a minister has said, as almost every violent or sexual offence went unsolved in hundreds of crime hotspots last year.

Crime, England, Law Enforcement, Sexual Assault

51 points by lr0 16 days ago | 34 comments

College students charged in 'catch a predator' assault as seen on social media (apnews.com)
Six Massachusetts college students are facing charges after police say they assaulted a man who had been tricked through a dating app into visiting campus as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on social media.

Crime, Social Media, College, Law Enforcement

9 points by JumpCrisscross 18 days ago | 0 comments

Civilian police oversight in Florida crumbles after new law kicks in (tampabay.com)
At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect.

Law Enforcement, Florida, Government, Police Oversight

31 points by howard941 18 days ago | 21 comments

Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Users (404media.co)
Telegram, the popular social network and messaging application which has also become a hotbed for all sorts of serious criminal activity, provided U.S. authorities with data on more than 2,200 users last year, according to newly released data from Telegram.

Telegram, Social Media, Privacy, Law Enforcement

7 points by miohtama 21 days ago | 2 comments

License plate readers are leaking real-time video feeds and vehicle data (wired.com)
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicle that passes by them.

Privacy, Security, Surveillance, Technology, Law Enforcement

28 points by rntn 21 days ago | 7 comments

Kentucky Cops Raid Wrong Home, Kill Innocent Man over Alleged Stolen Weed Eater (atlantablackstar.com)
Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the cops to raid the wrong home and kill the man inside.

Police Brutality, Misconduct, Law Enforcement, Kentucky, Criminal Justice

43 points by pseudolus 24 days ago | 23 comments

NY Man Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station for CCP in Manhattan (2024) (justice.gov)

Politics, Law Enforcement, China, New York, Crime

15 points by cwwc 24 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena (ycombinator.com)
I run an anonymous political blog in the UK calling out misinformation. I use Cloudflare. A former Councillor in the UK has taken issue with a factual story written about him. He has somehow managed to get a Subpoena against Cloudflare, they have not challenged it, and they intend to hand over my details. This will cause me and my family to be put in danger, as many people do not like being called out on the site.

Politics, Privacy, Law Enforcement, Censorship

140 points by wandaluzt 24 days ago | 106 comments

Spherical robocop in China offers glimpse into future of law enforcement (newsflare.com)
Police officers in Wenzhou City of eastern China's Zhejiang Province are testing a new robotic security guard, which was out on patrol recently.

Robotics, Law Enforcement, China, Security

6 points by peteforde 24 days ago | 1 comments

SFPD refuses to say where they've placed 400 automated license plate readers (sfist.com)
The new armada of automated license plate readers in SF are taking three million surveillance photos every day, but the SF Police Department is being cagey about disclosing where the hundreds of cameras are located.

Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, San Francisco, Law Enforcement

42 points by anigbrowl 25 days ago | 34 comments

Ohio Puts Police Bodycam Footage Behind a Paywall (theintercept.com)
Ohio has become the latest state to allow police to charge high fees for access to footage.

Privacy, Ohio, Law Enforcement, Journalism

16 points by mikece 25 days ago | 6 comments

Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion (apnews.com)
Your car is spying on you.

Tesla, Data Privacy, Law Enforcement, Accidents

6 points by geox 25 days ago | 0 comments