The Detroit News is reporting that local police departments are making millions of dollars in revenue from the wrongful seizure of property. According to the article, the police seize the personal property suspected in crimes, but very often no charges were filed and sometimes the police even admit that no crime was ever committed. The […]
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Another first for the Facebook social network: A Facebook status update posted on a person’s profile has been used as an alibi to effectively clear a teen of a crime. Facebook status updated have broken up marriages, gotten employees fired, caused people to be arrested and convicted of crimes and now a man has had […]
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A Russian police officer turned whistleblower is posting a series homemade videos on YouTube that purport to blow the whistle on corruption and bureaucratic incompetence in Russian police departments while urging Russian Prime Minister Vladymir Putin to act. Over the past week Russian officer Alexei Dymovsky has posted a series of three 2-7 minute personal […]
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Google announced yesterday that they will add enhanced people tracking and location tools to their Google Latitude search service. The two new location features are “Google Location History” and “Google Location Alerts (beta)”. “Google Location History” will allow Latitude users to review and store their past Latitude locations. Think of this feature as virtual electronic […]
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The Telegraph is reporting that the UK will require all internet service providers and telecommunications companies to save and store all personal communications made by users for one year. In addition, this stored personal information will be made available for use by 653 government departments and agencies including law enforcement, fire and other emergency services, […]
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