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Daily Dashboard | Law Enforcement Surveillance Tools Abound Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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Ars Technica reports on BlueJay—a “Law Enforcement Twitter Crime Scanner.” The program provides real-time access to the “firehose” of public tweets so police can track suspects, keywords, locations, public events, social unrest and department mentions. The Verge reports on Italian-based firm Hacking Team and how the small tech security firm started from two programmers who created a suite of hacking tools. The Milan police eventually contacted the programmers with the intent of purchasing their hacking tools. Hacking Team now boasts 40 employees and sells commercial hacking software to law enforcement in “several dozen countries” on “six continents.” Meanwhile, a recent Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion states the Edward Snowden leaks “have engendered considerable public interest and debate about Section 215.”
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