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From calls to convictions: The crucial role of mobile data in policing today

April 20, 2024 | Matthew Rowles | Police1 | Exploring how everyday mobile technology empowers law enforcement with tools to track, investigate and solve crimes through detailed call records and location data Technology is a valuable tool at law enforcement’s disposal. According to Consumer Affairs Research Team, 97% of Americans own a mobile phone, which […]

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Burglars using jammers to disable wireless smart home security

February 19, 2024 | Ernestas Naprys | CyberNews | Wireless smart sensors and cameras may be “screaming” about broken glass, open doors, and burglars moving inside the house, but those radio signals may never reach the homeowner’s phone. After a series of robberies in Edina, Minneapolis, police suspect that burglars are using WiFi jammers to […]

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Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

February 20, 2024 | By Andy Greenberg | WIRED | FOR NEARLY A decade, cybersecurity professionals and privacy advocates have recommended the end-to-end encrypted communications app Signal as the gold standard for truly private digital communications. Using it, however, has paradoxically required exposing one particular piece of private information to everyone you text or call: […]

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AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon users hit by massive cellular outage in US

February 22, 2024 | By Melissa Koenig | New York Post | A major cellphone outage affected users across the US early Thursday — even stopping some police departments from being able to receive 911 calls. AT&T seemed to have experienced the largest number of issues, with nearly 32,000 reports at around 4:30 a.m., according […]

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AT&T says FirstNet provides more than 5.5 million connections to about 27,500 agencies

January 26, 2024 | By Donny Jackson | Urgent Communications | FirstNet provides more than 5.5 million connections to approximately 27,500 public-safety agencies subscribing to the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) as of the end of 2023, according to figures released yesterday by AT&T, the FirstNet Authority contractor tasked with building and maintaining the system. […]