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Tag: Encryption
Patrol
Pennsylvania Department Opens Debate on Radio Encryption on Facebook
The Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department presented its citizens with a social media inquiry to provide their input into the question of whether or not some or all of the agency's radio traffic should be encrypted.
February 4, 2020
Technology
The Buzz About Bitcoin
Before you invest in this cryptocurrency, it's important to understand what it is and how it works.
February 8, 2018
Patrol
AG Sessions Blasts Tech Firms for Blocking Law Enforcement Access to Encrypted Files
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is taking aim at technology firms for preventing law enforcement from accessing encrypted evidence for ongoing terror investigations, warning that such actions could have “deadly consequences.”
November 2, 2017
Technology
Nine Must-Have Apps for Law Enforcement
From being able to securely communicate with other officers to identifying hazardous material, these nine apps below will save officers time, resources, and lives.
September 25, 2017
Patrol
MA Agency Encrypts Radio Transmission to Prevent Criminals from Listening In
Beginning Thursday, the Springfield (MA) Police Department will encrypt its police radio transmissions, with the scrambling of messages on private scanners intended to protect officer safety, according to a department spokesman.
November 3, 2016
Technology
Hundreds of Requests to Unlock Phones Flood FBI
At the same time the FBI was struggling to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook, the agency was being inundated with requests from state and local law enforcement seeking help accessing the contents of hundreds of encrypted or damaged cellphones linked to unrelated criminal investigations scattered across the country
April 11, 2016
Patrol
3 Realistic Solutions to Prevent Another FBI-Apple Fight Over Encryption
This debate has been dominated by absolutists. Some cybersecurity experts and privacy advocates are loath to concede that going dark is a problem at all, while many in law enforcement are scornful of what they see as decisions motivated by business interests and remain adamant that anything less than a real-time, on-demand decryption capability is unacceptable.
March 15, 2016
Technology
Apple's Phone Encryption Hampers Law Enforcement Investigations Nationwide
Police in California and other states have complained for many months that data encryption creates a major investigative hurdle in the hunt for killers, human traffickers, child pornographers and other offenders. Some fear criminals are intentionally using devices that run on newer operating systems because they know police can’t access them, despite having search warrants signed by judges
February 26, 2016
Technology
Because of Encryption FBI Can't Unlock San Bernardino Terrorists' Phones
Months after the tragic shooting at a health clinic in San Bernardino, FBI agents are still unable to unlock the phone used by one of the attackers, according to new statements by FBI director James Comey.
February 11, 2016
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