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GPS Bullets Could End Car Chases for Good
Aside from simply apprehending criminals, it’s believed this new technology could help save lives.
Can Big Data Take a Bite Out of Local Crime?
Today, it seems like eyes are everywhere.
4 Unbelievably Daring High-Tech Heists
You can’t accuse the criminals in these stories of thinking small.
By the Numbers: The Silk Road Takedown
Silk Road, we hardly knew ye.
The Best Apps for Creating a Home Insurance Inventory
It’s best to be prepared.
Call for Kill Switch to Deactivate Stolen Phones
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón is asking major smartphone manufacturers Apple and Google to combat the growing problem with a beautifully simple suggestion: Give all phones a remote-activated kill switch.
How Exactly Do Cyber Criminals Steal $78 Million?
Let’s say you’re a cyberthief who just compromised hundreds of bank accounts worth millions of dollars. Congratulations! You’re now the scourge of the global community. Now, all you need to do is get your hands on that money. How do you do that?
via Cyber Crime: How Thieves Steal $78 Million from Bank Accounts | Moneyland | TIME.com.
Muggers Demand iPhone, Turn Down Android
Here’s some unconventional market research. According to NBC New York, a pair of robbers stopped three different people recently, each near Columbia University in Manhattan. In each instance they demanded that the person hand …
Burglars Now Using Twitter, Facebook Against You
Next time you leave your home for any appreciable length of time, whatever you do, don’t tell the Internet. A new study has revealed that an unsettling 78% of burglars use social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare to choose just where they’re going to break in next.
That’s not the only way that burglars have started using …
Two Killed in Mexico over Gang-Related Social Media Posts
Watch what you say on the Internet, because it really could get you killed.
Two dead bodies were discovered hanging from a bridge in the Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo this week, accompanied by a placard with the message, “This is going to happen to all Internet snitches. Pay attention, I’m watching you.” It’s believed the two were …
Santa Cruz Police Can Predict the Crimes of Tomorrow, Today
The future of law enforcement is…the future.
Cops in Santa Cruz, CA have started using a mathematical algorithm that predicts when and where crimes will occur, the aim being to have police officers on the scene before anything actually happens. Somewhat surprisingly, five people have been arrested as a result of the program and …