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police using stingray technology to intercept text messages/calls
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:06 am
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray.
But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do.
Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages.
Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' privacy.
Police will not disclose details about it, including contracts with Stingray's manufacturer. They say they are protecting police tactics and commercial secrets.
Revelations about surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency have driven debate since last summer on the balance between privacy and government intrusion.
[link=(WASHINGTON (AP) — Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray.
But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do.
Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages.
Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' privacy.
Police will not disclose details about it, including contracts with Stingray's manufacturer. They say they are protecting police tactics and commercial secrets.
Revelations about surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency have driven debate since last summer on the balance between privacy and government intrusion.
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But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do.
Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages.
Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' privacy.
Police will not disclose details about it, including contracts with Stingray's manufacturer. They say they are protecting police tactics and commercial secrets.
Revelations about surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency have driven debate since last summer on the balance between privacy and government intrusion.
[link=(WASHINGTON (AP) — Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray.
But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do.
Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages.
Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' privacy.
Police will not disclose details about it, including contracts with Stingray's manufacturer. They say they are protecting police tactics and commercial secrets.
Revelations about surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency have driven debate since last summer on the balance between privacy and government intrusion.
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This post was edited on 3/24/14 at 9:14 am
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:08 am to LSU1NSEC
Link no work.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:10 am to LSU1NSEC
Funny how a 20th century land line has much more protection from spying than any mobile device on the planet.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:12 am to Person of interest
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Link no work.
huffpost crime section - can't get link to post correctly
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:22 am to LSU1NSEC
Link to Yahoo article article last week on it.
LINK
This news goes in line with something the Alabama legislature passed last year giving local police department some autonomy in certain investigations. Trying to find something on that to see if there's a connection.
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This news goes in line with something the Alabama legislature passed last year giving local police department some autonomy in certain investigations. Trying to find something on that to see if there's a connection.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:32 am to The Spleen
"I don't see how public agencies can make up an agreement with a private company that breaks state law," said David Cuillier, the director of the University of Arizona's journalism school and a national expert on public-records laws. "We can't have the commercial sector running our governments for us. These public agencies need to be forthright and transparent."
from yahoo article.
from yahoo article.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:40 am to LSU1NSEC
Cops love killing dogs and raping civil liberties
Posted on 3/24/14 at 1:08 pm to LSU1NSEC
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"I don't see how public agencies can make up an agreement with a private company that breaks state law," said David Cuillier, the director of the University of Arizona's journalism school and a national expert on public-records laws. "We can't have the commercial sector running our governments for us. These public agencies need to be forthright and transparent."
Behind almost every mass violation of our civil liberties is an RFP and a private sector vendor with a "great idea."
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