FBI lets suspects go to protect 'Stingray' secrets

[Victorious Secret]

 

 

You know how to tell you've stumbled across something very important? When it gets this kind of treatment. The FBI willing to drop charges and let someone go all in the name of not wanting to reveal even the tiniest detail about Stingray? Gotta wonder just how powerful and just how well it works that they don't want anything leaking out. 

 

Stingray is basically a very sophisticated way to get cellphones to give up their locations, its something very useful for law enforcement but can be hilariously abused if needed. Thats the fear people have and thats why some jurisdictions are trying to get the information out there, but honestly? Good luck. The FBI would sooner burn every last detail of the program than reveal anything to anyone. 

 

 

Few people know Stingrays even exist — or that federal agents and police across the country are increasingly using them to arrest people. It's a small device that mimics a cell phone tower, duping nearby cell phones into connecting to it rather than a real phone company tower.

 

There's a growing privacy concern because while police use the Stingrays to track down an individual, they can potentially grab text messages and phone call data on thousands of innocent people.

In November, we learned that federal agents regularly fly planes nationwide that spy on Americans' phone calls. We also know police in at least 20 states use Stingrays, according to public records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

But everything else is a mystery because police agencies have non-disclosure agreements with the maker of Stingrays: the Harris Corporation based in Melbourne, Florida. They also have similar hush-hush contracts with the FBI.

 

 

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=33878539

[dadasmithywinkle]

Why not just lock them away forever?

 

They'll talk eventually; they're only human.

[christianled59]

Reminds me of house of cards.

[Trik'Stari]

......so a LAW ENFORCEMENT agency, is not enforcing the law, to protect their own tools?

 

 

..............................what's the fucking point then?

[ShadowCaptain]

Dont tell everyone its a secret

[qwertywarrior]

is stingray even sophisticated ? u can make you own

it just pushes a phone to use 2G and then bruteforce it

[Opcode]

Extremely old news. There were active towers located around the U.S. that don't belong to any service carrier either.

[Victorious Secret]

Extremely old news. There were active towers located around the U.S. that don't belong to any service carrier either.

 

Did you even read the article and what I wrote? I'm not commenting on the general tech of Stingray, I'm talking about this very specific case where the FBI dropped charges over it. Cause it was posted March 22nd, 2015 @ 12:02pm

[zacRupnow]

Few internets know stingray exists.