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Rogue cellphone-tracking devices detected in Washington, feds say
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| April 3, 2018
Posted on 04/03/2018 12:49:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ok for them to spy on you. Not upset when they put them out to invade your privacy.
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posted on
04/03/2018 12:53:23 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They aren’t cheap but I used to work at a company that had a bunch of them. We used them to test phones.
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posted on
04/03/2018 12:53:35 PM PDT
by
jrestrepo
(See you all in Galt's gulch)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“rogue devices”. Sure, it’s not like the NSA, FBI or CIA would be spying on politicians.
To: Stevenc131
Here's how it works: MI6 spies on U.S. Citizens in Washington, D.C., (legal 'foreign soil intelligence gathering' from their perspective,) and we spy on British Subjects in the U.K. (legal 'foreign soil intelligence gathering' from our perspective.)
Then we exchange information with each other.
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:09:26 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The wireless carriers are complicit in the use of Sting Rays. Every time one of them is fired up their Network Operations Centers instantly detect it.
Operation of a Sting Ray directly violates two provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 that have NO law enforcement exemptions.
This is why the Feds give these toys to local PDs who use them as directed and why they will let a court case be dismissed rather than reveal what they are actually doing. How the .gov gets away with this defies rational explanation.
To: atomic_dog
How the .gov gets away with this defies rational explanation.
Not really. The Feds routinely do things that would land a citizen in a Federal penitentiary.
L
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:16:33 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: Secret Agent Man
More clear - ok fr our govt to spy on you with these , but get pissy when they arent the spies.
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:23:03 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: jrestrepo
Since you seem to have some expertise, I will ask you about this aspect.
“The devices work by tricking mobile devices into locking onto them instead of legitimate cell towers, revealing the exact location of a particular cellphone.”
I say BS. It cannot reveal the exact location. It can only reveal a DISTANCE from the Stingray device, just like cell phone towers can do.
You would have to lock onto two different towers (or stingray devices) to establish an exact(within several hundred feet) location.
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:37:37 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I found THREE of them in SPOKANE COUNTY.
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:38:39 PM PDT
by
BullDog108
(.A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
To: jrestrepo
P.S. Of course, the stingray could get the cell phone to transmit it’s GPS coordinates back to the stingray device, but my question to you would be, does it do that ?
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:39:32 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:40:38 PM PDT
by
BullDog108
(.A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
To: UCANSEE2
It completely takes over your phone and INSTALLS MALWARE
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:41:17 PM PDT
by
BullDog108
(.A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:41:22 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: BullDog108
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posted on
04/03/2018 1:50:54 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
To: MeanWestTexan
You need special RF equipment and a hybrid smartphone. Otherwise, you would not HAVE A CLUE that you are being hijacked.
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posted on
04/03/2018 2:07:50 PM PDT
by
BullDog108
(.A Smith & Wesson beats four aces!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What, the feds don’t like the competition?
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posted on
04/03/2018 3:37:54 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: atomic_dog
“How the .gov gets away with this defies rational explanation.”........
You haven’t seen anything yet. Why not ask a simpler question, why the hell is Hitlary still walking the streets? Yes, the swamp IS infected and BIGLY!
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posted on
04/03/2018 4:23:27 PM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: Oldeconomybuyer; ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...
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posted on
04/03/2018 6:41:35 PM PDT
by
bitt
(The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
To: BullDog108
It completely takes over your phone and INSTALLS MALWARE So.... it's like Facebook or Twitter ?
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posted on
04/03/2018 10:14:08 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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