All posts tagged: Bounty

US Offers up to Million Bounty for Information on Finances of Powerful Haiti Gangs

US Offers up to $3 Million Bounty for Information on Finances of Powerful Haiti Gangs

Published by Sam Flores

By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 25 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠U.S. on Wednesday offered a reward ⁠of up to $3 million and possible relocation in exchange for information ​on the financial activities of Haiti’s Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif criminal groups. Washington has designated both groups, ‌which bring together hundreds of ‌gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince, agricultural Artibonite region and central Haiti, as terrorist organizations. The U.S. ⁠announcement marks ⁠a shift in tactics as previous bounties have been focused on individual ​gang leaders. Haitian security forces, with the support of a partially-deployed U.N.-backed force and a U.S. private military company, have intensified attacks on armed gangs that control most of the capital, but have yet to ​make a major gang leader’s arrest. Once dependent on sponsorship from elites, Haiti’s gangs have grown more ⁠economically ⁠independent as they cemented ⁠control over the ​capital and extended to rural areas in recent years. Besides controlling roads and checkpoints, they are ​accused of collecting funds ⁠through extortion, thousands of ransom kidnappings, gun, drug and organ trafficking, and theft …

A K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

Published by skeptic

Usually, when you see a feel-good story about finding a lost dog, you don’t immediately react with fear and revulsion. But that was indeed the case in response to a Super Bowl commercial from Amazon-owned security camera company Ring. There’s now a group offering to dole out a $10,000 bounty to wrest back control of the user data Ring controls. The ad showed off a new feature from Ring called Search Party. It uses a network of Ring cameras to scour a neighborhood for signs of lost dogs. But as the details of a leaked internal Ring email reported by 404 Media revealed, the service could eventually be used to find other animals and people as well. The commercial was met largely with widespread criticism across social media and the tech press, which called out Search Party for essentially being a thinly-veiled neighborhood surveillance dragnet. People are even publicly destroying their Ring cameras. In response, Ring immediately canceled its partnership with the controversial AI surveillance company Flock. Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff has been on something …

The most lemony recipes for using L.A.’s bounty of citrus

The most lemony recipes for using L.A.’s bounty of citrus

Published by Sam Flores

Every morning I join a group of friends for coffee and conversation at a cafe in my neighborhood. We call ourselves the “coffee klatch.” This time of year, one of the key klatchers, Michael Soriano, often comes bearing a bag of Meyer lemons, picked from his tree. Last year he even did a drive-by in front of my apartment, delivering a bag of those fragrant golden orbs just for me. Such luxury! And free. It felt like a heist. Here in Los Angeles, this wintertime hand-off is not uncommon. Those with citrus trees — especially Meyer lemon and classic Eureka lemon trees — often end up with a bounty that they couldn’t possibly eat on their own. And those without trees, well, we’re happy to help. We take the lemons and explore new and old and inspired ways to use them. A few fun facts: All citrus originated in Asia. There are only three ancestral citrus varieties: the citron (a thick-skinned lumpy lemon-like thing, with lots of pith and very little juice); the pomelo (an …