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NEWS ABOUT: security cameras

security cameras stories: 7 news summaries

 Yale Offers $10K Reward 
 in Missing-Student Case 

Search continues; still no evidence of foul play in disappearance of Le

Sep 11, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(AP) - Yale University offered a $10,000 reward today for information leading to the whereabouts of a missing graduate student. Meanwhile, investigators reviewed security-camera footage and checked the blueprints of the building where Annie Le was last seen on Tuesday. Le, 24, was supposed to be married Sunday. More »

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Yale University • wedding • security cameras • missing person • graduate student • Annie Marie Le • runaway bride • Annie Le

(Newser) - Surveillance cameras are nearly worthless in the fight against crime, a London police report concluded, with fewer than one crime solved annually for every 1,000 cameras.The UK is one of the world's most monitored countries, with one camera for every 14 people and 1 million cameras in London... More »

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London • United Kingdom • surveillance • CCTV footage • security cameras

(Newser) - Anti-terrorism measures planned for New York City have civil liberties groups worried, the Guardian of London reports. Operation Sentinel calls for cameras to be placed at every bridge and tunnel into Manhattan to photograph every vehicle entering and leaving. Details would then be kept on a huge city database. More »

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NYPD • New York City • New York • Manhattan • Ground Zero • privacy • counterterrorism • civil liberties • security cameras

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US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

'Bush would do what they are doing here in a heartbeat if he could,' expert says

Jun 2, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free Tibet protests 3 months ago allowed China to road-test a new security network before the summer Olympics, Naomi Klein writes in Rolling Stone. Under the so-called “Golden Shield,” China is now installing closed-circuit cameras nationwide linked to facial recognition and other biometric software—technology from big-name US... More »

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China • War on Terror • homeland security • domestic surveillance • surveillance • Communism • police state • security cameras • facial recognition technology

 EU Eyes Anti-Terror Camera
 for Every Seat 

System watches movement, faces

Jun 1, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A camera may be planted in every airline seat in Europe, if an EU plan under development is approved. Dubbed SAFEE (Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment), the system would also aim cameras at the aisles. Software would then watch for suspicious movements, gestures, and even facial expressions. More »

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surveillance • airport security • Big Brother • security cameras

Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

ATM surveillance photos show man who used Eve Carson's bank card

Mar 8, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Police issued photos today of a "person of interest" in the killing of UNC-Chapel Hill student president Eve Carson, the News and Observer reports. The ATM camera shots show a black man, about 20, who used Carson's bank card and may have been driving her Toyota Highlander. "This... More »

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investigation • murder • surveillance • ATM • police hunt • security cameras • college student • Eve Carson • UNC Chapel Hill • Brian Curran

Security Device Sector Booms

James Bond-style gadgets range from biometric keyboard to blast-proof curtains

Nov 26, 07 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The inventions that turned up this month at a competition to find the world's most promising security start-up sound like prop candidates for a James Bond film than the real world: explosion-proof curtains and a hand-held tester for exposure to nerve agents were featured alongside the winner, a night-vision camera... More »

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security • biometrics • espionage • counterterrorism • James Bond • private security firm • security cameras • al-Qaeda

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