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Google Maps ‘Surveillance’ Vehicle Under Investigation By Philadelphia Police
Edit Inquisitr 14 May 2016
Google Maps was featured prominently on what was thought to be a Philadelphia Police Department SUV recently, and the vehicle is now under investigation. It is common for police to disguise their vehicles for surveillance. We see it a lot in movies and TV shows, but in real life it’s not so obvious ... pic.twitter.com/0z4yo2rVoR. — matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2016 ... [Feature image via think4photop / Shutterstock.com]....
Surveillance truck with Google Maps decals belongs to us
Edit NJ dot com 13 May 2016
A photo of the vehicle was posted on Twitter on Wednesday by Matt Blaze, a professor of computer and information science at the University of Pennsylvania ... pic.twitter.com/0z4yo2rVoR -- matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2016. Pennsylvania State Police responded to Blaze, saying the vehicle did not belong to them. Matt, this is not a PSP vehicle ... Follow her on Twitter @LedgerErin ... . ....
Philly cops used surveillance van marked 'Google Maps'
Edit Philadelphia Daily News 13 May 2016
The faculty member, Matt Blaze, an associate professor of computer and information science in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science, tweeted at 8.05 a.m... The Pennsylvania State Police soon replied to Blaze ......
Fake Google Maps car was police vehicle; department launches investigation
Edit The Miami Herald 13 May 2016Philly police admit to disguising surveillance truck as Google vehicle
Edit Penn Live 13 May 2016
The Philadelphia Police Department along with Google are investigating why law enforcement officers used decals to disguise one of its surveillance vehicles as a Google Street View Car ... pic.twitter.com/0z4yo2rVoR — matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2016 ... ....
Government Spy Truck Is Disguised As A Google Street View Car
Edit Slashdot 13 May 2016
An anonymous reader writes. Matt Blaze, a University of Pennsylvania computer and information science professor, discovered a SUV "tucked away in the shadows of the Philadelphia Convention Center's tunnel" that was labeled as a Google Maps Street View car ... The Philadelphia Police Department since responded to the report ... ....
Philadelphia cops admit they put Google Maps sticker on surveillance vehicle
Edit Ars Technica 13 May 2016
The Philadelphia Police Department has refused to answer Ars’ questions about how or why it deployed an unmarked police vehicle equipped with at least one license plate reader and a bizarre Google Maps decal. Lt. John Stanford, a spokesman for the department, repeated a statement he previously sent to Vice Motherboard, which broke the story on Thursday ... Lt ... — matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2016 ... ....
We now know who owns the government surveillance SUV disguised as a Google Maps car
Edit The Washington Post 13 May 2016
The government is watching us. (Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency). For days, a few security experts on social media were buzzing about a mysterious government surveillance SUV in Philadelphia that appeared to be disguised as a Google Street View Car ... Motherboard reported Thursday that a placard displayed on the dashboard indicated that the car was registered as a city government vehicle ... — matt blaze (@mattblaze) May 11, 2016....
Supreme Court Allows FBI to Hack Any Computer Anywhere With a Warrant
Edit Newsweek 01 May 2016
With a new rule change in the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedures, which covers search and seizure protocols, federal judges would be able to issue warrants to search computers located anywhere in the world ... “If ever there was a job for the Internet Outrage Machine, the Rule 41 changes are it,” tweets Matt Blaze , a cryptography expert and University of Pennsylvania associate professor ... — matt blaze (@mattblaze) April 28, 2016 ....
Chairman Murphy's Opening Statement: "Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives" (Tim Murphy)
Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
(Source. Tim Murphy). For Immediate Release. 4.19.2016. Contact.Murphy Press202.225.2301. We are meeting today to consider the deceptively complex question. Should the government have the ability to lawfully access encrypted technology and communications? ... But this isn't a new question. Strong encryption has existed for decades ... Matt Blaze, identified that vulnerability which made the government's backdoor more akin to a front door ... ###....
Privacy advocates and security experts condemn leaked Senate encryption bill
Edit Venture Beat 09 Apr 2016
Matt Blaze, a professor and computer security expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said on Twitter that the bill was worse than a failed effort by President Bill Clinton’s administration in the 1990s to require a special computer chip in phones to give the U.S ... The Clinton-era push crumbled amid stiff opposition from the technology sector that included a crucial security flaw in the proposal detected by Blaze ... ....
Leak of Senate encryption bill prompts swift backlash
Edit Yahoo Daily News 08 Apr 2016
Matt Blaze, a professor and computer security expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said on Twitter that the bill was worse than a failed effort by President Bill Clinton's administration in the 1990s to require a special computer chip in phones to give the U.S ... The Clinton-era push crumbled amid stiff opposition from the technology sector that included a crucial security flaw in the proposal detected by Blaze....
Here's how the US government plans to break the encryption on your smartphone
Edit Business Insider 08 Apr 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook is a vocal defender of strong encryption. We've got our first proper look at an attempt by US senators to legislate against encryption ... Burr, a Republican, is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Feinstein, a Democrat, is the vice-chair. A discussion draft of the bill began circulating on Thursday ... Key points include ... Security researcher Matt Blaze Kevin Bankston, director at the Open Tech Institute, said ... ....
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