NYPD secretly spent $159 million on surveillance tech
Documents show the department paid millions for facial recognition, vans equipped with x-ray machines and more.
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NY City Council passes NYPD surveillance oversight bill
The NYPD must divulge the entirety of its public surveillance system.
How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality
It doesn't have to be like this.
Security flaws in 4G and 5G allow snooping on phone users
You could intercept calls and track a phone's location.
Senator asks FCC if Stingrays can interfere with 911 calls
He also wants to know how or if the agency tests these devices.
FCC shrugs at fake cell towers around the White House
It’s open season for cell tower spoofing in Washington.
US Congressmen ask FCC to combat unauthorized Stingray use
They sent the agency a letter following reports of Stingray use in the US capital.
DHS may have found unauthorized Stingray devices in Washington DC
It wouldn’t say how many devices were discovered or where.
Judge rules NYPD needed a warrant before using cell-site simulator
He threw out evidence collected as a result of the Stingray's use.
Court rules Stingray use without a warrant violates Fourth Amendment
The ruling could have widespread implications for the technology.
ICE insists it doesn’t use Stingrays to track undocumented immigrants
So long as they haven't committed any crimes.
Researchers use rideshare vehicles to uncover stingray use
A Seattle-based research team discovered three possible uses of secret surveillance equipment by law enforcement.
Federal agents used a Stingray to track an immigrant's phone
"As far as we know, this is a novel use of that technology," the EFF's director of advocacy said.
House bills would ban warrantless use of fake cell sites
Police would need permission to track criminals using Stingrays.
House committee calls for clear cellphone surveillance rules
The bipartisan group wants to standardize how Stingrays and other phone tracking devices are deployed across the country.
Set up your own Stingray cell dragnet with these leaked docs
Manuals and documents detail how the phone-intercepting networks function.
Baltimore PD's phone surveillance allegedly violated FCC rules
A new complaint claims the department illegally deployed Stingray devices while targeting black communities.
Local Canadian police station admits it owns a Stingray
And, yes, it's used the device in previous investigations.
Federal judge throws out evidence obtained by 'stingray' trackers
"Absent a search warrant, the government may not turn a citizen's cell phone into a tracking device."
