Indiana State Police Acknowledge Use of Cell Phone Tracking Device

[Matt Collins]

"Indiana state police acknowledge use of cell phone tracking device 'Stingray', tricking all cellphones in a set distance into connecting to it as if it were a real cellphone tower. A joint USA Today and IndyStar investigation found earlier this month that the state police spent $373,995 on a device called a Stingray (http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/state-police-respond-investigation-tracking-device-59918/). Often installed in a surveillance vehicle, the suitcase-size Stingrays trick all cellphones in a set distance ('sometimes exceeding a mile, depending on the terrain and antennas') into connecting to it as if it were a real cellphone tower. That allows police agencies to capture location data and numbers dialed for calls and text messages from thousands of people at a time."


SOURCE:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/12/14/2227226/indiana-state-police-acknowledge-use-of-cell-phone-tracking-device

[Contumacious]

[I]"Indiana state police acknowledge use of cell phone tracking device 'Stingray', tricking all cellphones in a set distance into connecting to it as if it were a real cellphone tower.]



law enforcement using methods from nsa playbook
(http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2013/12/08/indiana-state-police-tracking-cellphones-but-wont-say-how-or-why/3908333/)
Local police are increasingly able to scoop up large amounts of cellphone data using new technologies, including cell tower dumps and secret mobile devices known as Stingrays. Here's a closer look at how police do it."

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[oyarde]

Actually , last I heard they would not acknowledge using it or give a reason it would be used for, only recently have they admitted to having it , they have had it quite some time .

[Anti Federalist]

And Boobus yawns...

"You got something to hide, pal?"

[DamianTV]

If the real source of the threat to the US was external, they would be leaving the common man alone. But when the real source of the threat comes from within the borders of the US itself, it should come as no suprise that the Govt will turn on its own citizens and eat its own, which is why the common man is condemned at an irrational level.