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How Did The FBI Break Tor?
Global law enforcement conducted a massive raid of the Dark Web this week. It started with the FBI takedown of Silk Road 2.0 and the arrest of its alleged operator Blake Benthall in San Francisco on Wednesday. But it quickly exploded from there, as European counterparts seized over 400 black market 'hidden [...]
A Future In Which Every Police Officer Wears A Body Cam Isn't Entirely Rosy
The drawbacks and privacy concerns around police body cameras.
Police Body Cams: Comparing the Vievu LE3 and Taser’s Axon
Post-Ferguson, there’s been a huge push for police officers to wear body cameras to capture their charged interactions with citizens. FORBES tries and compares two of the most popular cameras on the market. Music: "Abandoned Technique" by Prajekt
A Tour of Taser's Futuristic Headquarters
FORBES visits Taser’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, filming it with one of the company’s own police body cams. Music: "Hellhound" by VON B, "Harmony of Space" by Maxstack, "Mission Space" by HanSoto
Weapons of Documentation: Taser Is Pushing Police Body Cameras, Wants To Be Dropbox For Cops
When an airplane seatmate asks Rick Smith what he does for a living, he usually goes vague: "I sell industrial electronics." He knows if he admits he's the founder of Taser International he'll have to endure a flight trapped in a heated conversation about his 50,000-volt electric weapons, cavalier cops, and cardiac deaths. "It's tiring," he says. What Smith would rather talk about is Taser's new growth business: body cams and digital video storage.