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It's bad enough the government has been skulking around in cars and vans with a little device that can impersonate a cell phone tower and track you.Now, in a move that should surprise no one, it's taking to the skies to expand its tracking reach, in a move that would also allow it to collect data on more people at once ...The secretive stingray technology allows law enforcement agents to spoof a legitimate cell tower in order to trick nearby mobile phones and other wireless communication devices like air cards into connecting to the stingray instead of a phone carrier's legitimate tower. When a device connects, stingrays can see and record its unique ID number as well as information that points to the device's location ...
It's called a Stingray: A cellphone surveillance device so top secret, law enforcement agencies don't even like to admit they have it. But KPIX 5 has confirmed Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose police are using Stingrays to track suspects.Now, Fremont Police and the Alameda County District Attorney's office are applying for federal grants to get a new version of Stingray, called Hailstorm. The use of the devices is increasing, potentially at the expense of your privacy.
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Topic: The Feds Are Now Using 'Stingrays' in Planes to Spy on Our Phone Calls (Read 357 times)
