CHP officers reportedly stole cell phone photos from women in custody One CHP officer allegedly asked for a woman’s iPhone password during her arrest. California Highway Patrol officers have allegedly been obtaining nude photos of female suspects from their cell phones and sharing them among other officers. Sean Harrington, 35, allegedly sent photos from the cell phone of a… Read More »
Police Departments Skirting Public Accountability By Using Private Foundations To Obtain Controversial Surveillance Technology The less the public knows about law enforcement surveillance technology, the better. That’s the thought process governing the purchase and deployment of technology like Stingray devices and automatic license plate readers. In the case of the former, even the nation’s top cops (the FBI)… Read More »
The clearest explanation we’ve seen yet for why there’s no ‘Windows 9′ Why did Microsoft skip directly from Windows 8 (or more precisely, Windows 8.1) directly to Windows 10 instead of going to Windows 9? Mostly we think it’s that the company wanted to take a big symbolic step away from Windows 8, which has acquired a Vista-like… Read More »
We have been advising our readers to stop using Yahoo because of the continue hacking of accounts. We have seen our friends and family members who were using Yahoo Mail and other Yahoo Services have their accounts compromised. Plus, we have read other stories about Yahoo’s aging infrastructure, poor management, disregard for user privacy and have seen first… Read More »
Technofile: Microsoft Windows loses count by design Windows 10 comes after Windows 8. Don’t expect a “9” in the lineup. (Microsoft) Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8 ever existed. In fact, it can’t wait to get the next version of Windows, a vast improvement over Windows 8, onto your computer. Expect the next version sometime next summer.… Read More »
U.S. Police Are Giving Away Keylogging Software as a ‘Safety’ Measure For years, local law enforcement agencies around the country have told parents that installing ComputerCOPsoftware is the “first step” in protecting their children online. Police chiefs, sheriffs, and district attorneys have handed out hundreds of thousands of copies of the disc to families for free at schools,… Read More »