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Bypassing the telecoms: 'Stingrays' allow direct government phone surveillance with little oversight
2013-03-10 02:50:34| Telecom - Topix.net
The third panel at Yale Law School's Location Tracking and Biometrics conference last weekend focused on so-called "Stingray" devices, which is a trade name for a fake cell-phone tower operated by police that tricks your phone into sending its signal to them instead of your cell-phone carrier.
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