Police use cellphone spying device

myfoxny.com ^ | May 23, 2014 | MyFoxNY

[KoRn]

Right.

I suppose the key is to ‘make some noise’. Generate moderate to large amounts of random data that would positively bore any live person to death, or be of no interest to any hardware/software that listens/captures data and triggers on specific criteria that will pull it(and everything else about you) out for further analysis.

[roadcat]

As the years have gone by, I’ve become increasingly ‘unplugged’ in my personal life, because I KNOW the TERRIBLE potential this all has with a “free” society."

Good for you! Same here. I retired from IT work. Long ago, some director and higher-ups wanted me to go after a couple of the workers to implicate them for wrong-doing. I was a network guru and part of my responsibilities was maintaining the email network. I was ordered to collect their email and deliver it to the higher-ups. I refused. On top of that, I showed them how easy it was to spoof emails by altering the source and destination information as well as the content, so there was no way to be absolutely sure that someone sent something from their desk. All part of my running network packet sniffers to troubleshoot the routers and servers, I saw everything going past my eyes.

Everyone going on the Internet is being looked at by someone!

[roadcat]

This is why I rarely use a cell phone and I only user “burner” phones that I replace every three-four months.

Good idea. I use a disposable TracFone and turn it off when not actively using it. But I keep it for a couple years at a time. Probably is a good idea to swap it out, as the minutes are transferable. But transfering the minutes probably makes it trackable over time?

[LevinFan]

“Sheriffs are refusing to release how they are using these devices and this one tells his state lawmakers to stay out of it. Its not their place to determine how these are used.”

Who the hell does he think he is? News flash for officer dumbass, your investigations aren’t the first concern of the world.

“He told the lawmakers that the courts should determine how he can use the equipment, not them.”
No, the government decides such stuff within the LIMITS of legal power. Just because a judge or even the Constitution says they can do something, doesn’t mean the legislature can’t enact more strict rules.

I swear, cops are getting more and more arrogant by the day. At this rate, they won’t only be the enemy of the public, but of the government as well.