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Covers the increased use of GPS-tracking devices to monitor prisoners while on parole. Looks into basic monitor, plus other issues like "People and machines" and "reliability"

Might also be interesting for Paper 2. I will add it to ITGSopedia

A teenager has been given a 16-week prison sentence in a Young Offenders Institution for refusing to give up the encryption key for his computer. Interesting articles that raises questions about police powers, protection against self-incrimination, the right to silence, and the availability of strong encryption.

Article about the introduction of Smart CCTV - software which monitors video feeds for 'unusual' situations and alerts human operators as needed.

Article covering the UK's notorious DNA database and the mistakes it contains. Gives examples of how the database has been successfully used as well as explaining how some of the errors might have arisen. Raises interesting questions about the wisdom of collecting such data and storing it about people even if they are acquitted of any crime.

RFID & Biometric Passports are supposed to increase security - but are they?

Detailed description of the use of technology in law enforcement. Mapping of crime locations etc. Department officials say a new commitment to technology is a key factor behind police statistics that show a 40.2% drop in reported violent crime in Milwaukee for the first quarter of 2010 when compared with the first quarter three years ago.

Repressive regimes around the world may have fallen behind their opponents in recent years in exploiting new technologies - not unexpected when aging autocrats face younger, more tech-savvy opponents. But in Minsk and Moscow, Tehran and Beijing, governments have begun to climb the steep learning curve and turn the new Internet tools to their own, antidemocratic purposes.

concerns have developed about invasions of privacy, for the most complete records on the travelers may be the ones they are carrying: their laptop computers full of professional and personal e-mail messages, photographs, diaries, legal documents, tax returns, browsing histories and other windows into their lives far beyond anything that could be, or would be, stuffed into a suitcase for a trip abroad. Those revealing digital portraits can be immensely useful to inspectors, who now hunt for criminal activity and security threats by searching and copying people's hard drives, cellphones and other electronic devices, which are sometimes held for weeks of analysis

By uploading images of this week's violence in Manama, the capital, to Web sites like YouTube and yFrog, and then sharing them on Facebook and Twitter, the protesters upstaged government accounts and drew worldwide attention to their demands. A novelty less than a decade ago, the cellphone camera has become a vital tool to document the government response to the unrest that has spread through the Middle East and North Africa.

The Stream looks at the debate over freedom vs. safety on the net. Should governments be allowed to cut off social networks or cell service in the interest of public order? Includes video and text.

"Appeals by two men jailed for using Facebook to try to incite disorder during August's riots in England have been rejected by the Court of Appeal."