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Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Cell-site simulators operate by conducting a general search of all cell phones...
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Even if you’ve done nothing wrong, the government may be tricking your cellphone into divulging your movements, while seeing who you’ve texted and called. Since 1995, local and state governments, as well as federal agencies, have been using “cell site simulators,” commonly known by the genericized brand name “stingrays.” These portable devices collect data from the cellphones of anyone who happens to walk into range of its signals. Stingrays work by mimicking cellphone towers, sending signals to trick phones in a targeted area into transmitting the locations and identifying inform...
Especially on a government level. >> a few years ago deputy attorney sally yates said cell site simulators, sting rays are a critical tool for us finding fugitives and kidnapping victims and drug cases. still, she also acknowledged the need for restraint. the american civil liberties union said law enforcement agencies in at least 25 states and d.c. have sting rays. and the aclu argues their use often constitutes a type of illegal search and invasion of privacy with innocent people and their phones swept up in the electronic net. >> so, that's what these devices are and that's what they do. bu...