Cybercrime / Privacy

Police sold on SnapTrends, software that claims to stop crime before it starts…by reading everyone’s Tweets, FB posts, etc.

The promise to local police departments is simple: Buy our software, and we will help you prevent crime before it happens. How? Through a social media “listening lens.” Called “SnapTrends,” the web-based service sifts through every Facebook status, Tweet, Instagram photo, YouTube video and other social media post within a [Keep reading]