Sector Report for Wednesday, 1 November 2011: Law Enforcement Technology

Controlling cell phones remotelyU.K. police technology allows tracking, controlling cell phones remotely
Civil rights groups in the United Kingdom are up in arms over the revelation that the U.K.’s largest police force, the Metropolitan Police, has acquired the technology to shut down cell phones remotely, intercept communications, and gather data on thousands of users in a targeted area
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YouTubeLaw agencies want YouTube police brutality videos removed
In Google’s latest Transparency Report, the company revealed that there has been a 70 percent increase in requests by law enforcement agencies to remove police brutality videos from YouTube; according to the report, from January to June of 2011 the “number of content removal requests we received increased by 70 percent” compared to the period from July to December of 2010
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Cracking iOS5 securityNew iOS Forensic Toolkit circumvents iOS 5 security measures
While Apple gave a minor facelift to the whole security system in iOS5, it made significant changes regarding keychain protection, replacing the encryption algorithm entirely; but criminals thinking they can thus use the latest iPhone and iPad devices to store information may want to think again, as a new information acquisition solution cracks the latest iOS5 security measures
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Also noted
Retired officers form first multi-jurisdictional interstate Cold Case Task Force | Texans oppose use of surveillance drones | Detroit considers $2.6 million contract for shot-detecting technology | New technology to control riots | New speeding radar tech could catch everyone
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