The Stingray is a small device that mimics cellular towers – tricking all wireless devices on the same network into communicating with it, which enables local police that utilize it to very accurately pinpoint your location, listen to your calls and capture data from any wireless device even when not in use.
The devices come with a hefty $250,000 price tag, but local law enforcement across the country are acquiring them with grants from the Dept. of Homeland Security. Gee, big surprise there huh?
These devices have been around for a number of years, but their use is only now becoming widely known. Last Thursday, Erie County New York sheriff Tim Howard stated that his office has had one since 2008, but is now finish making public statements about its use.
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This is just unconstitutional
-___- the founding fathers would be so pist off
Isn’t that called “invasion of privacy?” I can understand the police needing “evidence” to help them apprehend suspected criminals. Are we all “suspect?” Homeland Security is listening! Better not make any comments about the government! Free speech no longer exists!
This is unfair
I want one
How boring for them, as most of us are boring.
Hope they don’t get a woody
i personally have nothing to hide,,,it,s a privacy act,that concerns me.
Tony Guarrasi
why, all law enforcement families are in it with us.
Next they’ll be pounding on our doors and snooping in our houses.