Author Archive
Lindsey Van Ness
Cybersecurity
For states’ COVID contact tracing apps, privacy tops utility
Exposure notification apps can help slow the virus’ spread, but health department officials say limited data the apps collect is the tradeoff required to assuage privacy concerns.
Cybersecurity
Despite security concerns, online voting advances
Security experts understand the desire of entrepreneurs and election officials to use new voting methods to reach voters who may be disenfranchised by in-person or mail-in voting, but the security risk might be too great, they say.
Management
Police ties to Ring home surveillance come under scrutiny
Many law enforcement agencies have been launching voluntary doorbell camera registries so they can call on homeowners' videos to expedite investigations.
Emerging Tech
Did that drone just tell us to stay 6 feet apart?
Drones that monitor social distance, scan crowds and test temperatures worry the public, civil liberties advocates and some in the drone industry.
Digital Government
DNA databases are boon to police but menace to privacy, critics say
Police across the country solving cold cases by uploading crime-scene DNA to databases where purchasers of genetic testing kits share their DNA in hopes of finding long-lost relatives.
Infrastructure
Body cameras may not be the easy answer everyone was looking for
Although both officers and the public generally support body-worn cameras, the impacts may have been overestimated, according to recent studies.
