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Posted: 6/14/2014 10:40:20 AM EDT
https://news.yahoo.com/us-pushing-local-cops-stay-174613067.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.

Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment.
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Local police are able to buy and use what are their own faked cell towers to gather all kinds of information without a warrant, and some departments are ignoring freedom of information requests on this technology or lying about them.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/local-cops-in-15-us-states-confirmed-to-use-cell-tracking-devices/

A new map released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union shows that fake cell towers, also known as stingrays, are used by state and local law enforcement in 15 states.

Police departments in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Tucson, Los Angeles, and even Anchorage, among others, have been confirmed to use the devices. Beyond those states, 12 federal law enforcement agencies, ranging from the FBI to the National Security Agency, also employ them.
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I wish the government was more concerned with tracking the foreigners that are coming into this country instead of American citizens.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 10:41:54 AM EDT
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Stingrays (and other devices) have been around for about as long as cell phones.  Lots of legal precedence  as to their legality. Oh, and the Obama admin has never advised us on anything.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 10:51:16 AM EDT
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The Eleventh circuit court just ruled warrantless phone tracking is illegal.

The blue liners who consider warped agglomerations of premodern interpretations for ancient tech like pen registers to apply to modern technology will keep on trucking anyway.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 1:32:53 PM EDT
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I refuse to keep quite.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 1:36:42 PM EDT
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You will be quite when I say you are to be quite!  

Go to your room!
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 1:42:31 PM EDT
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seattle has one that they allegedly deactivated when the public found out

I don't like RT, but its the only story I can find on it

http://rt.com/usa/seattle-mesh-network-disabled-676/
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 1:46:07 PM EDT
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But I was told if we have nothing to hide, we have nothing to fear.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 2:05:19 PM EDT
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What this is news to you guys ?

SOP over here in the Netherlands I'm afraid, have seen tons of cases come by when cell phones were rare (early 1990's) they simply tapped ALL the cell phones in the country to find out what Phone some guy was using.


yay war on drugs at least it was all for a good cause because were are at last drug free take that freedom.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 2:15:05 PM EDT
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What kind of equipment would be needed to triangulate where these things are located while they're operating?
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 2:28:39 PM EDT
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There are call tower mapping apps (android for sure) that let you know where your cell towers are. If you pay attention you may be able to see a stingray in action.
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 2:32:44 PM EDT
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Go to your room!

Link Posted: 6/14/2014 2:37:57 PM EDT
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lol
Link Posted: 6/14/2014 6:25:00 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 6/14/2014 6:32:45 PM EDT
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And I thought visiting shady porn sites were making my phone slow...
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