Amnesty sues NYPD, seeking details about facial recognition technology and arrest data
The records could shed light on how NYPD surveilled protestors during the Black Lives Matter protests last summer.
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The FBI’s digital security guide for local police actually has good OPSEC advice
A 269 GB file includes a host of revelations.
‘Distributed Denial of Secrets’ publishes ‘BlueLeaks,’ a trove of law enforcement records
The source of the files reportedly is a Texas-based IT firm that provides web development services to police "fusion centers."
Facebook removed white nationalist accounts encouraging guns at anti-racist protests
The Proud Boys and American Guard both are designated hate groups.
Facebook announces it will flag state media posts, eventually decline ad dollars
Twitter said in 2019 it would no longer accept advertisements from government-sponsored media outlets.
Signal wants to protect protesters’ privacy with new face-blurring feature
Use of Signal has surged since George Floyd's killing.
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Denial of service attacks against advocacy groups skyrocket
Internet security firm Cloudflare, which published the figures, didn't say which sites were most affected.
This matters more: How cyber pros are confronting racism in their own ranks, and beyond
The past week has forced the cybersecurity community to look inward and consider how its skills can secure more than computers.
Anonymous, aiming for relevance, spins old data as new hacks
The group is trying to use the nationwide protests to draw attention to data that was stolen years ago.