police
Law enforcement used encryption-busting laws 11 times last year
NSW Police issued seven technical assistance requests.
Mar 19 2021 4:09PM
SA Police to issue all officers with mobile devices
As part of new $35m mobility program.
Feb 15 2021 5:33PM
Australian police, regulators continue unlawfully accessing metadata
Ombudsman finds.
Feb 9 2021 4:33PM
UN decries police use of racial profiling derived from big data
Says law enforcement must ensure technology does not reinforce biases.
Nov 27 2020 6:55AM
Qld Police rolls out new communication platform
Adopts Facebook's Workplace platform.
Nov 11 2020 7:03AM
Canada border officer 'red-faced' over giving police passcodes to Huawei CFO's phones
"Heart-wrenching" mistake.
Nov 2 2020 11:46AM
Former California police captain pleads guilty in eBay cyberstalking case
Targeted online newsletter that was critical of eBay.
Oct 28 2020 6:52AM
Qld Police promised thousands of new iPads, body-cams
Under $77m Labor pledge.
Oct 6 2020 12:23PM
Home Affairs shifts national real-time intelligence system to Azure cloud
Baseline platform now live.
Aug 19 2020 7:06AM
AFP used anti-encryption laws three times in 2019-20
But all were cooperative requests.
Aug 6 2020 3:50PM
Amazon to block police use of facial recognition for a year
While new laws are brokered.
Jun 11 2020 8:08AM
NSW Police extends IDEMIA deal for cop shop biometric scanners
LiveScan now supported until 2026.
Mar 31 2020 3:09PM
NZ Police trials AI DigiCop
Also tests self-service kiosks for non-emergency matters.
Feb 12 2020 1:59PM
Data retention 'ambiguity' sees cops given web browsing histories
Telcos sometimes turning over full URLs in metadata requests.
Feb 7 2020 4:39PM
Law enforcement agencies ramp up use of anti-encryption laws
At least 18 requests issued to service providers in last six months.
Jan 28 2020 11:20PM
AFP to deploy body-cams at major airports
Rollout to begin in February.
Dec 20 2019 3:46PM
SAP apologises after NZ firearms registry upgrade privacy breach
Gun buyback site shut down.
Dec 3 2019 6:59AM
Two charged over $500,000 BEC scam
Businesses and a Sydney-based university caught up.
Nov 12 2019 1:39PM
Police cop the most blame for illegal telco metadata searches
Authorisation errors and typos behind many issues.
Jul 23 2019 6:27PM
Two charged over police phone DoS attacks
Callers responding to texts for help were played abusive recording.
Jun 17 2019 6:30AM
