Exposing the Secret Police?
https://pogowasright.org/dhs-says-filming-posting-videos-of-ice-agents-is-doxxing-vows-prosecutions/
DHS Says Filming, Posting Videos of ICE Agents Is “Doxxing,” Vows Prosecutions
This one pushes my irony button. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg reports:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says filming and posting videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents constitutes “violence,” and has threatened to potentially charge people who take videos and photos of agents conducting immigration raids in their communities, despite First Amendment protections.
DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told the Center for Media and Democracy that “videotaping ICE law enforcement and posting photos and videos of them online is doxxing our agents.”
“We will prosecute those who illegally harass ICE agents to the fullest extent of the law,” she said.
Read more at Truthout.
Potential model?
California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom
A California bill to check kids’ ages online is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, after it secured rare support from major tech giants, including Google, Meta and Snap.
The proposal, which would require device makers and app stores to verify user ages, cleared the state Assembly 58-0 in the early hours of Saturday with backing from Republicans and Democrats.
Google and Meta, plus other tech firms like OpenAI and Pinterest, rallied around the online age verification plan this week despite recently sparring over similar measures in Utah and Texas. They argue the measure from Democratic state Assemblymember Buffy Wicks offers a more reasonable solution and hope it becomes a de facto national standard for other states weighing mandatory age-checks amid bipartisan concerns about kids’ safety online.
A point…
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_451203_0.html
"The Legal Authority of Artificial Intelligence-Based Evidence in Judicial Proof "
The integration of artificial intelligence technologies into criminal evidence collection represents a significant paradigm shift in judicial practice. Tools such as machine learning and big data analytics enable the identification of hidden patterns and the extraction of precise indicators from various digital sources including smart surveillance and mobile devices. However, these advancements raise critical legal concerns about the admissibility of AI-generated evidence, particularly in light of the exclusionary rule, which mandates the legal acquisition of evidence. Judicial assessment of such evidence now requires not only a legal understanding but also a deep technical grasp of how the data is generated and processed.
Legislatively, many legal systems lag behind in establishing robust frameworks that govern the legality of AI-assisted evidence collection especially in cases involving non-consensual data gathering or uncertain data provenance. This regulatory vacuum places immense responsibility on the judiciary to reconcile the efficiency of modern technology with constitutional protections such as the right to privacy and fair trial. Consequently, the study emphasizes the need to formulate comprehensive legal structures that define clear standards for AI use, ensuring that its deployment remains consistent with fundamental criminal justice principles.
Tools & Techniques.
https://pogowasright.org/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far/
Rayhunter: What We Have Found So Far
Cooper Quintin writes:
A little over a year ago we released Rayhunter, our open source tool designed to detect cell-site simulators. We’ve been blown away by the level of community engagement on this project. It has been installed on thousands of devices (or so we estimate, we don’t actually know since Rayhunter doesn’t have any telemetry!). We have received dozens of packet captures, hundreds of improvements, both minor and major, documentation fixes, and bug reports from our open source community. This project is a testament to the power and impact of open source and community driven counter-surveillance.
If this is your first time hearing about Rayhunter, you can read our announcement blog post here. Or if you prefer, you can watch our DEF CON talk. In short, Rayhunter is an open source Linux program that runs on a variety of mobile hotspots (dedicated devices that use a cellular connection to give you Wi-Fi). Rayhunter’s job is to look for cell-site simulators (CSS), a tool police use to locate or identify people’s cell phones, also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays. Rayhunter analyzes the “handshakes” between your Rayhunter device and the cell towers it is connected to for behaviors consistent with that of a CSS. When it finds potential evidence of a CSS it alerts the user with an indicator on the screen and potentially a push notification to their phone.
Understanding if CSS are being used to spy on protests is one of the main goals of the Rayhunter project. Thanks to members of our community bringing Rayhunter to dozens of protests, we are starting to get a picture of how CSS are currently being used in the US. So far Rayhunter has not turned up any evidence of cell-site simulators being used to spy on protests in the US — though we have found them in use elsewhere.
Read more at EFF.org.
Related: How ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers To Spy On People’s Phones
