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03/11/2016 / By Greg White

State court reaches historic decision to stop police from engaging in illegal spying on citizen cellphones without a warrant

The second-highest court in Maryland upheld a historic decision by a state trial court that the warrantless use of cellphone tracking devices, known as Stingrays, violates the Fourth Amendment. Stingrays simulate cellphone towers in order to fool nearby mobile phones into connecting with them, thereby revealing the phones’ locations. The surveillance technology can gather data […]

11/11/2015 / By Chris Draper

Senators demand to know why the IRS is using secret cellphone systems

Two distinguished senators are now examining the use of secret cellphone tracking systems by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The systems are often reserved for, and used by, federal and local law enforcement agencies. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen stated that the agency has been using cell-site simulators, also known as StingRays. The revelation came after The […]

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