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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

App: Heartmob

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, heartmob, kickstarter
When Emily May founded Hollaback in 2005, the organization?s mission was to fight street harassment. But as it grew?expanding to local chapters in 92 cities and 32 countries?May began to take an interest in fighting harassment in another public space. The Internet, which 77% of employers say they reference for information about job candidates and where one-third of married [...]
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App: SWAT

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, SWAT
After visiting Ferguson, Missouri recently, a pair of Georgetown students realized the need to access cellphone videos of police misconduct in the event a device is destroyed. With that in mind, Brandon Anderson and Joseph Gruenbaum set out to develop the SWAT app — software that sends your footage to the cloud in the event your phone itself is confiscated or smashed. [...]
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App: DueyDialer

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, DueyDialer
A new app (Android) will soon allow users who get pulled over for DUIs to record the interaction with police and alert a lawyer with the push of a button.?Daniel Delgado, co-developer of Duey Dialer, says the app is nicknamed “attorney in your pocket.” Delgado says Colorado is a targeted state because users will be able use the app for alcohol and marijuana arrests.?The app will send an audio [...]
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App: RapidSOS

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, RapidSOS
Charles Martin was clearing snow off his roof when he fell off a ladder outside his rural Indiana home, shattering his femur and his wrist. He had his cell phone with him, but because service was spotty he couldn?t get through to 911. He lay in the driveway for two hours, freezing and in pain, before his wife, Susan, came home and called 911 from their landline. After [...]
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App: Hands Up

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, arrest, brutality, camera, case, don't shoot, Ferguson, frisk, hands up, identification, insurance, officer, Police, pull over, record, stop
The confrontation between a homeless man and cops on Skid Row is an example of how more incidents with law enforcement are being recorded. A new phone app has been designed to catch every second of a police stop in case there is a question about the cops’ actions. The creator of the app says he got the idea after a routine traffic stop where he admits he [...]
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App: InformaCam

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, InformaCam
InformaCam (Android) uses the built in sensors in modern smartphones as well wi-fi, bluetooth, and cell tower information to create a snapshot of the environment in which an image or video was captured. This validates the date, time and location of capture. Digital signatures and encryption ensure that your media hasn’t been tampered with and can only be opened by the intended recipient. View our Getting [...]
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App: ENDUI

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Driving Under Influence, DUI, ENDUI
A new app developed by the state of Maryland to help users avoid drunken driving is now available for free download in online Google and Apple stores. The app, called ENDUI (Android, Apple), lets users enter their gender and weight, the types of alcoholic drinks they’ve consumed and the timeframe in which they have consumed them, and estimates blood-alcohol content. It also lets users play games [...]
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App: Witness

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, witness
What if live streaming, like those?streams that run today on apps like Periscope or Meerkat, could be used to save lives? That?s the premise behind an app called Witness?(iOS), which made its debut today at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon. Built over the course of the weekend,?developer?Marinos Bernitsas demoed an app that immediately begins recording live audio and video as soon as you tap [...]
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App: KeyMe

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, KeyMe
It’s a great idea: A smartphone app that can prevent you from ever getting locked out of your house or apartment. But some locksmiths say it could have a darker side.?They are raising questions about some new smartphone apps like Key Me (iOS?and Android soon), which prevents you from ever losing your house key.?They worry these apps could also make it easier for crooks to [...]
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App: Mobile parking monitoring

By Arnout de Vries on July 23, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, mobile, monitoring, parking, Police, social media, ticket
During Thursday?s State of the Cities address, dealing with growth was a common theme across all cities of the Fargo-Moorhead metro area. The mayors were asked how they plan to handle parking in the future. North Dakota state law bans parking meters in any city, which means Fargo and West Fargo can’t have them. Mayor Tim Mahoney says he is okay with that, and they are looking at [...]
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