St. Louis appears to have dropped prosecutions to protect stingray surveillance from legal challenge
Protesters in Ferguson marching behind a St. Louis County police SUV. Photo credit.
Search Results for ‘stingray’ — 93 articles
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Five disturbing things about the FBI and local police stingray surveillance programs
Thanks to the ACLU, independent privacy researchers, and journalists, the iron wall of state secrecy surrounding local police deployments of stingray cell phone surveillance is slowly melting away. Here are five things you need to know about stingray spying.
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Virginia passes law requiring a warrant for law enforcement use of controversial stingray technology
Kudos, Virginia, land of spies! The state has enacted a privacy law requiring a warrant for state and local law enforcement content surveillance and location tracking. The statute explicitly includes a warrant requirement for police use of controversial cell site simulator or stingray technology, which allows cops to bypass phone companies and track phones directly.
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Looks like Chicago PD had a stingray out at the Eric Garner protest last night
Looks like police in Chicago have a tricked out surveillance truck equipped with cell site simulators, a.k.a. Stingrays, that force nearby phones to send data to cops instead of to phone company cell towers. Did those cops get a warrant for that?
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Transparency around stingray use in Tacoma leads to accountability
This is what happens when public agencies are (forced to be) transparent with the public about their surveillance practices: Accountability!
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Los Angeles rapper references Stingray cell phone surveillance in song about Ezell Ford and police violence
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Supreme Court ruling on cell phone warrant may have implications for Stingray spying
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