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Shining a Light on Surveillance

- Installations that use the sun as a camera’s power source are growing as technological advances make those solar systems more feasible, but many issues need to be addressed for the solutions to work well.

Surveillance or Security: The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies

- The technologies of communications and eavesdropping are increasingly complicated, and public policy must keep up with those innovations.

Arecont Threatens IPVM with Legal Action over Critical Blog Post

- A surveillance camera manufacturer sends a cease-and-desist letter to a writer questioning their marketing tactics.

Editor's Note: Surveillance System Technology Trends

- It’s getting easier to have surveillance systems that don’t overwhelm the network or storage systems.

Morning Security Brief: Cell Phone Records, Supreme Court Declines Illinois Eavesdropping Case, Norway Attack Footage, and More

- The NYPD has been collecting cell phone call logs. The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal of a ruling by lower court that found Illinois’s eavesdropping law violates the First Amendment. Authorities release surveillance video of Anders Behring Breivik. And More.

Surveillance System Technology Trends

- It’s getting easier to have surveillance systems that don’t overwhelm the network or storage systems.

Case Study: A Wrinkle in Time

- One grocery store is using video synopsis technology for everything from monitoring the flow of store wine tastings to internal investigations.

Police Chiefs Adopt Guidelines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

- The International Association of Chiefs of Police has voted to adopt guidelines for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Case Study: A Wrinkle in Time

- One grocery store is using video synopsis technology for everything from monitoring the flow of store wine tastings to internal investigations.

Case Study

- The Detroit Public School system uses battery-operated cameras to catch thieves in the act.

Morning Security Brief: UK Surveillance Plan, Cattlemen Worry About EPA Surveillance, Law Unmasks Internet Trolls, and More

- Nebraska cattlemen don’t want the EPA taking aerial photos of their farms. The British government passes a law requiring websites to identify Internet bullies. And more.

AUVSI Talks FAA Progress Toward UAS Integration

- Security Management spoke to Ben Gielow, government relations manager at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, about the FAA's progress in integrating UAVs into the National Air System.

Worth a Look: iSpy

- Associate Editor John Wagley reviews an inexpensive surveillance app with a breadth of features and controls.