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Local law enforcement deploying fake base stations for tracking, eavesdropping
March 16, 2014 | By Tammy Parker
Fake base stations have been used by the federal government for years but now have been adopted by local law enforcement agencies, and privacy advocates are not happy about it.
Local law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area have started deploying the fake cell sites, more accurately called "IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers," in a vast area that stretches from San Jose to Sacramento, according to Sacramento News10. The TV station said USA Today has "confirmed that at least 25 other local police agencies across the country are using StingRays or similar devices."
StingRay is one of several brands of fake base station sold by Harris. Similar equipment from Digital Receiver Technology has been approved by the FCC for use in the United States.
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March 16, 2014 | By Tammy Parker
Fake base stations have been used by the federal government for years but now have been adopted by local law enforcement agencies, and privacy advocates are not happy about it.
Local law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area have started deploying the fake cell sites, more accurately called "IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers," in a vast area that stretches from San Jose to Sacramento, according to Sacramento News10. The TV station said USA Today has "confirmed that at least 25 other local police agencies across the country are using StingRays or similar devices."
StingRay is one of several brands of fake base station sold by Harris. Similar equipment from Digital Receiver Technology has been approved by the FCC for use in the United States.
Read more: Local law enforcement deploying fake base stations for tracking, eavesdropping - FierceWirelessTech http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/s...#ixzz31W4QFrJ9
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