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Watch a woman I’m not related to toss sausages at police here in Framingham

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Yes, this happened right here in the town in which I work, and, yes, the sausage-tossing alleged perpetrator and I share the same surname, but, no, we are not related, at least to the best of my knowledge.

Lindsay McNamara, 24, of nearby Ashland, Mass., was charged with disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property the day after Christmas when it is alleged she tossed sausages – and bacon – at a police officer working behind a glass window at the police station in Framingham, the town in which Network World is headquartered. It made headlines nationwide. Today the local newspaper, the MetroWest Daily News, published video surveillance footage of the incident.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Many Tor-anonymized domains seized by police belonged to imposter sites

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A large number of the Tor-anonymized domains recently seized in a crackdown on illegal darknet services were clones or imposter sites, according to an analysis published Monday.

That conclusion is based on an indexing of .onion sites available through the Tor privacy service that cloaks the location where online services are hosted. Australia-based blogger Nik Cubrilovic said a Web crawl he performed on the darknet revealed just 276 seized addresses, many fewer than the 414 domains police claimed they confiscated last week. Of the 276 domains Cubrilovic identified, 153 pointed to clones, phishing, or scam sites impersonating one of the hidden services targeted by law enforcement, he said.

If corroborated by others, the findings may be viewed as good news for privacy advocates who look to Tor to help preserve their anonymity. Last week’s reports that law enforcement agencies tracked down more than 400 hidden services touched off speculation that police identified and were exploiting a vulnerability in Tor itself that allowed them to surreptitiously decloak hidden services. The revelation that many of the seized sites were imposters may help to tamp down such suspicions. Cubrilovic wrote:

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Ars Technica » Technology Lab

Dubai police to use Google Glass for facial recognition

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Police officers in Dubai will soon be able to identify suspects wanted for crimes just by looking at them.

Using Google Glass and a custom-developed facial recognition software, Dubai police will be able to capture photos of people around them and search their faces in a database of people wanted for crimes, according to a recent Reuters report. When a match is made in the database, the Glass device will receive a notification.

Although the project will initially be rolled out to traffic police, the devices will eventually be given to detectives as well, according to Reuters.

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Network World Colin Neagle

Pointing laser at police helicopter costs Texas man two years behind bars

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So you’re just some dude chilling on your back porch with friends and you think it would be fun to aim your laser pointer at a helicopter. Everyone has a good laugh.

Eight months later a judge tells you those laughs are going to cost you two years in prison.

Pointing a laser at a helicopter can’t possibly be that much fun.

From a Statesman.com report:

On Feb. 15, Austin police’s Air1 helicopter was on approach to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when (Soza Ruedas Jr.) pointed a laser at the helicopter. The laser beam was strong enough to reflect inside the cockpit and caused the pilot to avert his eyes, officials said.

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Network World Paul McNamara