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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
3 days ago

Berkeley will look into buying drones for police and firefighters

Berkeley could soon start planning how to equip the Berkeley Police Department and other first responders with drones to track fleeing suspects, provide reconnaissance during standoffs and gain a bird's-eye view of disasters like earthquakes and fires, among other uses. A proposal from Councilmember Terry Taplin would task the City Manager's Office with developing an acquisition report and use policy for drones.
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fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

ICE Has Spyware Now

Compromised chatbot integrations allowed hackers to export large volumes of corporate Salesforce data, exposing credentials and customer information from hundreds of companies.
US politics
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 weeks ago

Ethical challenges of LGBTQ+ data protection | Computer Weekly

U.S. policies now permit surveillance targeting based on gender identity or sexual orientation, raising discrimination risks and global data-protection and ethical concerns.
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