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Electronic Frontier Foundation
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Shots Fired: Congressional Letter Questions DHS Funding of ShotSpotter

Cities should reconsider deploying ShotSpotter due to inaccuracies and dangers it poses in communities. [ more ]
www.npr.org
3 months ago
Chicago

Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system

Chicago will not renew its contract with SoundThinking, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology.
The decision comes after concerns about the accuracy, effectiveness, cost, and alleged bias of the technology. [ more ]
Electronic Frontier Foundation
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Shots Fired: Congressional Letter Questions DHS Funding of ShotSpotter

Cities should reconsider deploying ShotSpotter due to inaccuracies and dangers it poses in communities. [ more ]
www.npr.org
3 months ago
Chicago

Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system

Chicago will not renew its contract with SoundThinking, the company behind the ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology.
The decision comes after concerns about the accuracy, effectiveness, cost, and alleged bias of the technology. [ more ]
moresurveillance-technology
WIRED
1 month ago
Information security

School Employee Allegedly Framed a Principal With Racist Deepfake Rant

ShotSpotter may provide gunshot data to police even after contracts end, Change Healthcare paid $22 million ransom, North Korean animators working for Hollywood studios, Cisco devices targeted by state-sponsored hackers [ more ]
The Verge
1 month ago
Deliverability

Cities are ending their ShotSpotter contracts, but the sensors themselves are staying

ShotSpotter technology remains active even after contract ends [ more ]
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks

ShotSpotter technology led to an unarmed child being shot by police in Chicago.
ShotSpotter has a history of inaccuracies and misleading claims, leading to potentially dangerous outcomes. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Chicago

Chicago scraps gunshot detection system accused of racial bias

Chicago will not renew its contract with ShotSpotter and plans to stop using the gunshot detection system.
The system has been criticized for inaccuracy, racial bias, and law enforcement misuse. [ more ]
Electronic Frontier Foundation
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks

ShotSpotter technology led to an unarmed child being shot by police in Chicago.
ShotSpotter has a history of inaccuracies and misleading claims, leading to potentially dangerous outcomes. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Chicago

Chicago scraps gunshot detection system accused of racial bias

Chicago will not renew its contract with ShotSpotter and plans to stop using the gunshot detection system.
The system has been criticized for inaccuracy, racial bias, and law enforcement misuse. [ more ]
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