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title: "Remember, folks, these are the same people who want to force software…"
date: 2017-10-19
source: facebook
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# Remember, folks, these are the same people who want to force software…

*October 19, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/){target="_blank"}
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Remember, folks, these are the same people who want to force software companies to give them a backdoor to \_your\_ data.\
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\"As part of an ongoing legal battle to get the New York City Police Department to track money police have grabbed in cash forfeitures, an attorney for the city told a Manhattan judge on October 17 that part of the reason the NYPD can\'t comply with such requests is that the department\'s evidence database has no backup. If the database servers that power NYPD\'s Property and Evidence Tracking System (PETS)---designed and installed by Capgemini under a \$25.5 million contract between 2009 and 2012---were to fail, all data on stored evidence would simply cease to exist.\"\
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[https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/nypd-database-that-tracks-seized-evidence-and-cash-has-no-backup/){target="_blank"}
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