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  • Help, iPod jailbreaker, call the police!

    Help, iPod jailbreaker, call the police!

    Posted on February 19, 2010 | No Comments
    If you’ve jailbroken your iPhone or iPod touch with little to no regard for the law, maybe it’s time you reconsider your evil ways. Apparently, jailbreaking your iDevice will get the cops on your back if you’re not careful. Not knowing any better, a fellow who goes by the name of hotrod1964 (whom we shall call [...]

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  • BlackBerrys for coppers: UK law enforcement to smarten up in 2010

    BlackBerrys for coppers: UK law enforcement to smarten up in 2010

    Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments

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    Police men and women of Blighty are about to step into the 21st century, albeit a decade late, with a new weapon in the fight against boredom on the beat. The BBC reports that smartphones will become standard issue throughout the Queen's realm by March 2010, as a result of successful trials carried out in 30 constabularies through this year. Improved "operational efficiency" and reduced bureaucracy are argued as the key benefits, with a solid 30 minutes less time being spent in police stations each day. And we're absolutely positive that extra half hour will go toward increased "visibility in the community" and not checking out friends' Facebook status updates. No, really!

    Read -- BBC report
    Read -- Bedfordshire case study

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  • Police try to trick hackers, with hilarious results

    Police try to trick hackers, with hilarious results

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Here's a fun story. Police in Australia thought they were being mighty clever when they took over an “underground hacking forum.” (The forum is r00t-y0u.org, though it seems to be down right now.) One of the hackers on the forum then retaliated by breaking into police computers using a simple SQL injection. Security fail.

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