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DNA Database Hacked
/in Attorney, Biology News, Crime Lab News, Digital Forensics News, NewsGenealogy databases have become popular tools for law enforcement. GED Match is one of those databases. It allows users to upload DNA profiles from various testing services, such as 23andMe. On July 19, hackers accessed this database and allowed police to search profiles that were not previously accessible.
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Winter Park Police Start Using Body Cameras for 1st Time
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IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call for Police Reforms
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Trump Administration Targets Your ‘Warrant-Proof’ Encrypted Messages
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How the Police Use Facial Recognition, and Where It Falls Short
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Webinar: I Wasn’t There: Blocking the Admissibility and Limiting the Weight of Historical Cell Site “Expert” Testimony
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Facial Recognition Programs Lead to Arrest
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Police Can Keep Ring Camera Video Forever and Share with Whomever They’d Like, Amazon Tells Senator
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Making Sense of Science XIII – April 2-4, 2020
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
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NACDL Winter Meeting: From Tech to Touch: Challenging and Suppressing Evidence Before Trial
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Behind the Rise of China’s Facial-Recognition Giants
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Cell Tower Evidence & The Public Defender
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Orlando Says It Won’t Continue Testing Amazon’s Controversial Face-Scanning Technology Rekognition
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Registration Open: “We the Defenders” Seattle
/in Attorney, Digital Forensics News, Medical Trauma, NewsICE, FBI Among Federal Agencies Searching Florida Driver’s Licenses for Facial Recognition, Records Show
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Major Police Body Camera Manufacturer Rejects Facial Recognition Software
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Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students
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Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Technology and Criminal Law Committee Minor CLE – June 11 at 12:00 PM
/in Attorney, Digital Forensics News, NewsWatchdog Says FBI Has Access to About 640M Photographs
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