NYPD drops no-bid $750K surveillance deal with Israeli firm Cognyte after backlash | Bushwick Daily
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The NYPD is restarting a $750,000 contract for Cognyte's FalcoNet cellphone tracking system as an open, competitive procurement after Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced criticism over the no-bid deal.

The department will reopen the $750,000 contract for FalcoNet, an AI-driven cellphone tracker from Cognyte, to competitive bids, and Cognyte can still bid, the Daily News reported. Meta said in 2021 it removed about 100 accounts linked to the firm, whose customers targeted journalists and politicians.

  • Arola@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    That is some headline. “Tisch” is a person apparently, not a sound you make when you are disappointed. I have no idea what “Meta-banned” refers to, or why it’s relevant to the NYPD - does Facebook no longer using it mean the NYPD are prevented from using it?

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      does Facebook no longer using it mean the NYPD are prevented from using it?

      it means that facebook could not find a strong enough excuse to justify using them despite their well known lack of ethics, so anyone else using them is likewise morally bankrupt.