This video is from the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team. It demonstrates a system that enables police to scan up to 3000 license plates per hour and compare them to police and other databases. I would expect that it would not be difficult to also store the location of any vehicle scanned at […]
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System allows Police to Scan and Compare License Plates to Government Databases
December 20th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Law Enforcement · Technology
Top eBay Scammers and Why They Got Caught
December 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment
The article Researchers: Software Can Nip Ebay Fraud in the Bud caught my interest. The claim is that by analyzing data fraudsters using eBay can be identified.
I started to wonder what are the biggest advantages, in terms of avoiding being caught, of using online auctions to commit fraud and sell stolen property. […]
Tags: Fraud · Online Auctions · Technology · Uncategorized · eBay
For Sony and its Playstation 3 Launch Crime Becomes Big Business
November 27th, 2006 · No Comments
I checked today and Sony Playstation 3 Game Consoles were selling for $1450 US on ebay. For weeks prior to its Playstation 3 world-wide launch Sony was advertising in movie theaters, and on both television and the net.
But you know what, for all the talk about how the Playstation 3 would change gaming, there really […]
Tags: Riots · Sony Playstation 3 · Technology
How to fool a wiretap
November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments
Law Enforcement agencies should take note, this simple trick can fool most wiretaps. Check the Wired article How To: Foil Wiretaps at Home.
Think the Feds might be jacked into your home line? Well, there’s no need to skulk down to the corner pay phone to conduct your business. All you need is a C […]
Tags: Technology · Wire Taps