Top 10 social networking tips for cops

by Mack on April 21, 2010

Thoughts:
Morgan and I have talked about this numerous times on geekcops and 2guysunleashed officers have to be smart when it comes to what they put online. This is a great article which was viewed at www.policeone.com.
Top 10 social networking tips for cops
In the wake of the widely-known “Texas waitress” photos which led to the firing [...]

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GPS Catches Mass. Officer Not Working

by Mack on April 21, 2010

Thoughts: This is just another case of how technology can be used for law enforcement or in this case for law enforcement management. Many departments have GPS systems hooked into their cruisers for officer safety and to be able to better dispatch units. This department put a GPS system in the car without the officer [...]

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More dumb criminals getting caught on social networks

March 22, 2010

It never amazes me on how stupid people can be when it comes to divulging their lives online. Criminals are the best at letting people know what they are up to, they use facebook, youtube etc to brag about their exploits. So if it is 15 mins of fame your looking for then be prepared [...]

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FBI widgets and video for social sites

January 8, 2010

A couple times a year, the FBI reaches out to let us know about their latest social media tools in the war against the world’s most notorious criminals. Today, they’ve detailedsome of the latest additions to their growing arsenal.
The first is a new Video Widget that allows users to embed the Bureau’s videos in their [...]

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Watch CES 2010 live

January 7, 2010

So many cool gadgets coming out at CES in las Vegas. Check it out live here.

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WOW assists officers in arresting fugitive

January 4, 2010

This came off one of the gaming sites and shows how bad guys like to play games that can come back to haunt them……
The gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment alledgedly assisted the American Marshall’s by providing information about a wanted fugitive who often played World of Warcraft. Blizzard provided the Marshall’s with his IP and location which [...]

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Why Can’t the Law Get the Cyber Crooks?

January 2, 2010

This is a story I found on pcworld.com. It is a great question as to why can’t the cops catch the cyber bad guys. Well in fact they do get caught, just watch the headlines as there is a story of someone being caught with child porn all the time. Hackers are getting caught and [...]

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Kindle Review for Canada

January 2, 2010

For christmas this year I picked up a kindle for amazon as amazon released it to Canada finally last month. I have been looking at the kindle for the last year and have had mild interest but over the last couple of months ebook readers have really taken off.
I use amazon all the time to [...]

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Hacker to get 17-25 years

December 30, 2009

IDG News Service – A hacker from Miami pled guilty to conspiracy to hack into computer networks at major U.S. retail and financial groups, and to steal data on tens of millions of credit cards and debit cards on Tuesday.
Albert Gonzalez, who hacked under names including “soupnazi” and “segvec”, will be given a prison term [...]

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Phishing: not just for attacking banks

December 30, 2009

Most of us have heard about the phishing emails and websites trying to steal your credit card info or bank info but there is also a big market in stealing gaming information. My son was a victim of this when he had his world of warcraft gamer info stolen. All on his own he contacted [...]

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