Judge: DEA May Not Track Cell Phones without a Warrant
A federal judge delivered a major blow to the DEA’s use of Stingrays, which enable law enforcement to collect evidence by using fake phone masts.
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Details of FBI’s Closely Guarded ‘Stingray’ May Soon Become Public
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI directed a local police department to drop criminal charges against a suspect in 2012 to avoid the public finding out about a secret device to track people, CNN reports. The device, called the “Stringray,” allows investigators to find suspects by tracking their cell phones. The technology mimics a cell…
Judge Permits Use of Clandestine Cellphone Device Despite Privacy Concerns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of a clandestine cellphone tracking device is a lawful surveillance tool, a judge has ruled, Slate.com reports. The Stingray, as it’s called, is a transceiver that tricks cell phones into using a fake network. Judge David Campbell dismissed concerns that the surveillance was overly intrusive. The ACLU said the…
Can FBI Tap Into Cell Phones without a Warrant? Arguments Begin in Federal Court Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of cell-phone tracking technology will go on trial this afternoon. At issue is stingray devices, which use legitimate cell towers to connect to mobile devices, CNET reports. Civil libertarians argue the devices violate Americans’ Fourth Amendment right to reasonable privacy and want to impose limits on them, in the…
Law Enforcement’s Use of Cell Phone Tracker Device Fuels Constitutional Debate
By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES Wall Street Journal For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply “the Hacker.” Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device—a stingray—were they able to zero in on a California home and make the arrest. Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it’s not…