By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – The government is making a seemingly concerted effort to obscure from public view exactly how cell phone signal interceptors, know as “Stingray” devices, are being secretly utilized by law enforcement.
Stingray devices, generically known as international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers, are designed to emit a signal that is stronger than nearby cell phone towers in order to force phones in the vicinity to connect to them. Once connected, all call records, location data, text messages and metadata are accessible to those in control of the device.
This technology was originally developed for anti-terrorism operations by Harris Corporation, but …read more