Alan Curran

𝕏‘ing about #CyberSecurity, #AISecurity, #CyberRisk, #AIEthics, and anything else I find interesting. Former Officer with @policescotland.

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

New: Hackers have been stealing high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email associated with the account they want to steal.

Shockingly easy, terrible flaw associated with offloading support to AI:

https://t.co/PvRm8u0MV7

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@TESSERACT___ Exactly, literally everyone on X must be guilty of “cyberbullying” if this is the kind of thing @Norton alerts on!

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

This is funny… and weird.

BT internet emailed me the other day to tell me, as part of my broadband subscription, I now get access to “Cyber Threat Protect, powered by Norton.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@UK_Daniel_Card @Norton It was the least cyberbullying post ever! 😂

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

And just for the record, this isn’t cyberbullying. I have no idea why Norton triggered that alert… but I think it’s safe to say it’s just a nonsense tool, which was immediately switched off! 😂

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

I checked it out. This is the post it pointed me to:

[mRr3b00t @UK_Daniel_Card]

@_AlanCurran @ITguySoCal @FrankMcG He’s just rude to people, on purpose. It’s a grifting technique

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@silky877 I think you’re veering off a little (pardon the pun). This was about taking photos in personal phones.

But, if we must, a policy is an org level requirement. So, “must maintain vehicles to a certain standard” is a policy position.…

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

This is 100% NOT common practice.

This is, at its core, shadow IT use against policy. But even worse, it morally wrong.

If you need to take photos for evidence purposes, you should be provided with the equipment to do so. Or call out those who do (Scene of crime team).

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'Common practice' for police to photograph dead bodies on personal phones

https://t.co/bsAxalntGt

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@silky877 Nope; because there are other superseding requirements when working in the office of constable, such as preservation of life.

That’s exactly why they teach you the national decision making model. So you know when doing something is justifiable despite policy or law.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@silky877 And I did check vehicles at the start of a shift before I’d drive them, and fill in the log book, and check the equipment. If I didn’t, I could justify it (responding to a life and death call at the start of a shift which took priority). I’m fine with defending that based on risk

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@silky877 Can you point me to that policy? What force so I can submit an FOI to read it.

The primary purpose of policing is preservation of life and the management of risk, both of which require officers to be flexible and responsive. I’d like to see a policy that’s counter to that…

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I also didn’t say there was a law that says you can’t use personal devices… but there are laws regarding digital evidence, chain of custody, digital integrity, data protection, PACE, local policies and procedures etc.

Add those all together, it’s clear it’s not ‘right’.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I used AI because I can’t be bothered explaining your crazy take.

Operation snap is completely different. It’s for specific road traffic offences with strict limits on the data used, (and most cases didn’t go to court!)

Officers taking images of sudden deaths isn’t the same.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I’m not sure saying you would act counter to several laws, procedures, and policies is a good look personally.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I used AI to help you.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I have. It’s simple, use official police issued means of evidence capture. Mobile devices, PDAs, SOCO, even shared station digital cameras were a thing.

You’re trying to justify bad legal and ethical practices because it was just “how it was done”. They not a great argument.

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie What does “best evidence” have to do with it? Best evidence in a policing / legal sense refers to original copies of evidence and not duplicates.

Not sure how that applies to this.

If you mean losing evidence, that happens. If it’s not legally obtained, it’s not evidence!!

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie I’d bet officers aren’t submitting their phones for the evidence to be recovered with full chain of custody and digital integrity.

Therefore that evidence would be non admissible if they admitted how they obtained it to a court…

[Alan Curran @_AlanCurran]

@sergeantdixie There’s a legal requirement to detail chain of custody, even for digital evidence like images, so not disclosing it was taken on a non-police issued device makes it questionable from an evidential standpoint.

Just because some people do it, doesn’t mean it’s right. It’s not.