You can find a lot of weird shit for sale on eBay, including, apparently, a used police Harris Stingray that could allow you to intercept the cellular traffic of your friends and enemies. The Stingray ...

One of the most troubling uses of surveillance technology in recent years has been the explosion of stingray devices. Stingrays are fake cell phone towers that can be deployed by law enforcement to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An effort is underway to limit the police use of secret recording technology to gain access to your cellphone. Picture this: You're texting a friend. You're not aware that police are ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Stingrays trick iPhones and Android devices alike into sharing sensitive information, particularly your IMSI number, which can be used for identification and tracking. Android has optional protections ...

A device that law enforcement agencies use to secretly track cell phone users was offered this week to anyone on eBay - anyone with $50,000, and perhaps anyone with ulterior motives for using it. The ...

You’re probably wondering what a Stingray is and what it does. The short answer? It’s a briefcase-sized device that pretends to be a phone tower in order to suck up data from nearby cell phones. (USA ...

ARE QUESTIONING WHO IT IS REALLY TARGETING. THE TECHNOLOGY ACTS LIKE A CELL PHONE TOWER, LETTING POLICE GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT NEARBY FORMS. SOME CITY CONCILLORS SAY THEY ARE TROUBLED THAT BOSNTO ...

In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks of nearly two years ago, the NSA, FBI, and even local police have hammered a consistent drumbeat of trust. Time and time again, at every level of government, ...

State lawmakers approved a plan that would restrict law enforcement's use of cell-site simulators, also called Stingrays, which mimic cell towers so police can track phones in criminal investigations.