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Department of Homeland Security withdraws request for national license scanner database

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Feb

2014

The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a request for businesses to develop a national database filled with license plate numbers collected by police scanners, The Washington Post reports. The database was revealed by Ars Technica, which discovered a series of documents posted online last week by the DHSs Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Homeland Security is building a national license plate scanner database

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Feb

2014

The Department of Homeland Security has put out a call to contractors for a National License Plate Recognition database, according to documents uncovered by Ars Technica. Once built, the program would knit together data from license plate scanners around the country, potentially allowing DHS authorities to track individual cars from city to city without leaving […]

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US Government Also Uses ‘Password’ for Password

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Feb

2014

Yes, ordinary and lazy humans often use “password” as a computer password , but a new report complains that the same thing applies to sensitive government agencies, reports Mashable . The Senate cybersecurity report finds that agencies ranging from Homeland Security to the IRS use weak security measures that leave their data…

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