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Analysis: Should the police hack your computer?
The police may soon have more power to use hacking techniques to spy on criminals, which has led to many concerned about what they view as breaches...
Police awarded £50m for PDA scheme
Up to 27 police forces in the UK will receive mobile devices in a bid to save officers time while on the beat.
Gary McKinnon wins reprieve from new government
The new coalition government seems to be good news for the admitted hacker.
ISP email law changes meet stiff opposition
Information retention requirements for ISPs are changing very soon.
All 84,000 prisoner details lost on unencrypted memory stick
A USB stick containing around 130,000 prisoner and ex-offender details goes missing from private contractor PA Consulting.
Government plans to store call, email details
A massive database to store call, email and browser session information is being considered to battle terrorism.
Government appoints first ID commissioner
Former Home Office employee Sir Joseph Pilling will be the independent watchdog for the ID card scheme.
Over 1,000 fake iPhones seized at Heathrow
An inventory of counterfeit goods seized by the UK Border Agency over the past three months contained over 1,000 of Apple’s flagship mobile device.
Government confirms post-election plans to track public comms
New government legislation to force telecoms companies and ISPs to keep records of all personal communication for a year will be held off until the...
Government cracks down on mobile payment criminals
New guidelines will make things tougher for the bad guys looking to abuse innovative mobile payment technologies.
Boffins encouraged to create new anti-terror gadgets
It’s all a bit Bond-like, but the government is urging scientists to come up with innovations that can help protect against terrorism. <br>
ICO: Government shouldn’t collect all comms data
Is fighting crime and terrorism a sufficient excuse for a squeeze on the rights of individuals? The ICO doesn’t think so.
Big Brother government should back off
The Communications Bill is an unnecessary privacy intrusion, but why does the Government want such access?
Design Council competition looks for secure mobiles
The Design Council has launched a competition to design ways to secure mobile phones against fraud and theft.
Policing tech could be delayed
A police force-wide IT system likely won't be possible until at least 2015 and mobile devices won't solve bureaucracy, according to a new report.
More police forces to benefit from mobile tech
£30 million scheme will save time and benefit citizens.
Government defends - and criticises - comms database plans
Jacqui Smith stresses that a database of communications intercepts will not contain content from emails and phone calls, as a government minister...
London crime map goes live
The beta of the Met Police crime map mashup has gone live, and Southwark doesn’t look good.
Government must minimise data collection
A Home Affairs report has called on the government to guard against a "surveillance society".
Police computer to link up with missing phone register
The Home Office has announced funding of £250,000 for a scheme to link Police systems with the National Mobile Phone Register.
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