Cell-site location information (CSLI), which is often used as evidence in court to connect suspects to crime, has come under more scrutiny after it was revealed that incorrect data may have played a part in more than 10,000 criminal cases in Denmark. Thirty-two individuals have already been released from prison upon showing that their convictions rested on inaccurate CSLI data.
BBC recently introduced a child wellbeing app named “Own It,” which aims to help children develop healthy online habits by monitoring their screen time, discouraging them from sharing sensitive information, and monitoring the tone of their messages. While the app has some privacy advantages over some of its peers, such as its lack of reporting features to parents, it joins a growing list of “sentiment analysis” technologies that analyze and categorize users’ moods via their online activity.
A bill introduced to New York City Council would bar the City from adding financial services chips to municipal identification cards. While the chip may have increased access to financial services for low-income New Yorkers, many feared the potential for exposing undocumented New Yorkers to immigration agencies.
A neighborhood in Loomis, California decided to install license plate surveillance technology to help the area fight crime. The technology takes a picture of the license plate of every car that enters and leaves the neighborhood, after which the pictures are stored for thirty days.
Written by Tom McBrien