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Stingray devices have been used in a variety of criminal investigations, from murder and kidnapping to misdemeanor theft. The way law enforcement use stingrays has been criticized by a number of civil liberties groups, who have filed lawsuits against current practices.
Despite the US ethos that you’ll be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, law enforcement finding an excuse to search your digital devices only requires a presumption of wrongdoing.
When operating in active mode, the Stingray device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it. The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher with both passive (digital analyzer) and active (cell-site simulator) capabilities.
Newer cell site simulators, called “Hailstorm” devices, take advantage of similar flaws in 4G that let police snoop on newer phones and devices. Some phone apps claim they can detect stingrays...
Thanks to a recently disclosed court order, authorities have shown they are able to scoop up identifiable information on everyone who watched certain YouTube videos. Reverse searches effectively...
This time lapse shows six weeks of cumulative location data from devices compromised by a fleet of near-identical stalkerware apps, including TheTruthSpy, Copy9 and MxSpy. A massive cache of ...
Radar beacon. Racon signal as seen on a radar screen. This beacon receives using sidelobe suppression and transmits the letter "Q" in Morse code near Boston Harbor (Nahant) 17 January 1985. Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1 ...
Police and law enforcement agencies, even in small areas with fewer than 100,000 residents, have been using a low-cost phone tracking tool called Fog Reveal, according to AP and the EFF.
Using the leaked lists of compromised devices, TechCrunch built this spyware lookup tool to let you check to see if your Android device was compromised by TheTruthSpy apps, and to provide ...
Scammer phone number lookup: Another option to determine if a phone number calling you is likely scam activity is to search for it on Google. Several websites track scam numbers, and a quick ...