WASHINGTON (AP) -- Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray. But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do. Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages. Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' priva...
Cops May Be Intercepting Phone Calls, Text Messages Through Stingray Technology
The Huffington Post - 23 Mar 2014 16:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray. But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do. Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages. Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' priva...
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