ACLU: STINGRAYS: The Most Common Surveillance Tool the Government Won’t Tell You About (Download)

ACLU of No. Cal.: STINGRAYS: The Most Common Surveillance Tool the Government Won’t Tell You About
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Federal and state law enforcement entities across the country are using a powerful cell phone surveillance tool commonly referred to as a “StingRay.” These devices are capable of locating a cell phone with extraordinary precision, but to do so they operate in dragnet fashion, scooping up information from a target device, as well as otherwireless devices in the vicinity. In addition, these devices can be configured to capture the content of voice and data communications. Although the federal government has been using these devices since at least 1995, and use by state and local governments is quite widespread, there are only a handful of published opinions addressing their use.

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