It should come as no surprise that law enforcement shares data. Does the FBI control access to this data?
Lawsuit targets ‘expansive surveillance network’ law enforcement can access to track SC drivers
… Law enforcement has access to what is being called an “expansive surveillance network” of cameras, and according to new court filings, there is no oversight into how they use this information.
… “We’ve got about four million automobiles in this state. The database that SLED has is 400 million [captures],” Greenville attorney Jim Carpenter said.
Carpenter is one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against SLED and Chief Mark Keel.
According to court filings, law enforcement officers from around 100 state and local agencies can access and search this information as long as they have a “legitimate law enforcement purpose,” per SLED’s policy.
“There’s no requirement of a finding from a judge that says there’s probable cause that a crime has taken place,” Carpenter said.
SLED policy also stipulates officers and analysts must have inquiry certification from the FBI’s National Crime Information Center and be granted a password-protected login from SLED to access the database.
Could be interesting… (Stream to my lawyer’s server?)
Federal Court to Rule on Passengers Live Streaming Police During Traffic Stops
Erin Marquis reports:
Cars have always been a minefield when it comes to privacy rights verses public safety, and now, two important questions are finally in front of a U.S. circuit court: Is live streaming protected in the same way as recording, and does the passenger in a stopped car have a First Amendment right to record or broadcast a stop?
Read more at Yahoo!
How will this play in the US?
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/30/office_365_faces_more_gdpr/
Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools
Germany's federal and state data protection authorities (DSK) have raised concerns about the compatibility of Microsoft 365 with data protection laws in Germany and the wider European Union.
According to the German watchdog's report [PDF], which was written after two years of negotiations with Microsoft, the body says that the product "remains in breach" of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A somewhat biased update on Clearview.
California Court Denies Facial Recognition Pariah Clearview’s Anti-SLAPP Motion Over Its Web Scraping Activities
… In response to being sued for violating California law, Clearview decided it was a First Amendment champion. It tried to get this lawsuit dumped under the state’s anti-SLAPP law, which allows defendants a quick exit if they can show the lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to silence commentary on issues of public interest.
Clearview is partially correct. This lawsuit was an attempt to prevent Clearview from doing what it does: scrape thousands of websites to obtain billions of data points… all without informing scraping victims that they’re being added to a database accessible by government agencies. But the scraping is perhaps protected under the law, even if the rest of what Clearview does isn’t.
This recent California court decision [PDF], highlighted by Daphne Keller on Twitter, says Clearview may be right about some stuff, but not the stuff that matters in anti-SLAPP motions.
I’m not sure you could implant legal reasoning into human students. The Ethics and law checking components would be better if standardized by a third party...
Implanting Legal Reasoning Into AI Could Smartly Attain Human-Value Alignment Says AI Ethics And AI Law
… Imagine that you are using an AI-powered app that is aiding you while undertaking some kind of significant task. Perhaps the matter is a financial one or could be health-related. The essence is that you are depending upon the AI to do the right thing and perform in a presumed safe and sound manner.
Suppose the AI veers into unethical territory.
You might not realize that the AI is doing so.
… What can you do or what can be done about AI that opts to go down an unethical path?
Besides trying to beforehand construct the AI so that it won’t do this kind of insidious action, I’ve previously detailed too that there is a rising interest in embedding an AI ethics-checking component into the burgeoning morass of otherwise Wild West anything-goes AI systems being tossed into the marketplace.
Perspective.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/11/30/what-is-the-war-in-ukraine-teaching-western-armies
What is the war in Ukraine teaching Western armies?
“In battle nothing is ever as good or as bad as the first reports of excited men would have it,” remarked William Slim, a celebrated British field marshal in the second world war. From the moment that Russian troops crossed into Ukraine on February 24th this year, pundits offered sweeping pronouncements about the future of war. The death of the tank was declared on the basis of snatched video footage. Turkish drones were hailed as unstoppable game-changers. Western anti-tank weapons were thrust into an early starring role. Now, nine months into the war, more considered reflections are emerging. There is much that Western armed forces can learn.
On November 30th the Royal United Services Institute (rusi), a think-tank in London, published a detailed report * on the lessons from the first five months of the war, a period when Ukraine was largely on the defensive. The authors—including Mykhaylo Zabrodsky, a Ukrainian lieutenant-general, and a pair of rusi analysts—enjoyed extensive access to Ukrainian military data and decision-making. Their findings paint a more complex picture than the popular notion of a Russian horde coming unstuck in the face of nimble Ukrainians.
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China Military Power Report Examines Changes in Beijing's Strategy
The 2022 China Military Power Report lays out the challenges facing the United States military as it works to manage relations with the emerging superpower.
The report, released today, calls the Peoples' Republic of China "the most consequential and systemic challenge to our national security and to a free and open international system."
Tools & Techniques.
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-employee-monitoring-software/
The 7 Best Employee Monitoring Tools
Employee monitoring software allows you to keep track of your employees' performance and increase productivity. Here are some of the best ones to use!
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https://www.makeuseof.com/find-someones-username-across-social-platforms/
How to Find Someone's Username Across All Social Platforms
Social Analyzer is a command line tool or web app that feels almost like a super power. Like any super hero, be sure to use your powers for good.
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