ABC Investigations

Topic: Police

A security flaw was found in police body cameras and tasers.

In short:

Police were told to turn off their body cameras during secret jobs.

The police now say to use 'flight mode' on the cameras.

What's next?

The police are looking at the problem and talking to the company that made the cameras.

Many police officers were told to turn off the Bluetooth on their cameras.

The cameras and tasers can show where the police are, even when they are hiding.

The police sent a warning to all officers to be careful.

The warning said the problem could be very bad for the police.

The cameras do not have the same privacy settings as phones.

A hacker showed how to find the police using a simple app.

The hacker told the police about the problem two years ago.

At first, the police thought it was not a big problem.

But now they are taking steps to fix it.

'Hazard alert'

The police sent a warning about the problem with the cameras.

The police told officers to turn off their cameras when not in use.

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The police are saying one thing in public, but doing another thing in private.

The premier of Victoria said the police told her it was not a problem.

But the police are still looking into it.

The police in other states are also looking into it.

Police unions want the problem to be fixed now.

Advice sparks accountability concerns

The police are working with the company that made the cameras.

The police say the cameras only send out a signal when they are turned on.

But the police will not say if they tested this themselves.

The hacker was able to find many police cameras using a simple app.

The location of the cameras can be seen by anyone with a phone.

The police are telling officers to use 'flight mode' on their cameras.

But this might stop the cameras from working properly.

The officers have to turn on their cameras manually now.

A lawyer said this is a problem because it means the police can choose when to record something.

The lawyer said this is bad because the cameras are one of the few ways to hold the police accountable.

The cameras record important evidence.

Now the police can choose when to turn on their cameras.

There have been cases where people were wrongly tasered by the police.

The police are looking into the problem and talking to the company that made the cameras.

The police said they have not had any problems with the cameras being hacked.

The company that made the cameras has not commented.

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