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 ...

The ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed an amicus brief in what will be the first case in the country to address the constitutional implications of a so-called “stingray,” a little ...

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 ...

Android 16 will be able to sniff out fake cell towers and shady networks, giving you a heads-up before your phone spills your secrets to data thieves. These fake towers fool your phone into connecting ...

Android 16 will include alerts for fake cell towers and suspicious networks Update detects ‘stingray’ devices which pose as cell towers Feature likely to arrive with devices that launch on Android 16 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The New Jersey State Police have spent at least $850,000 in recent years on a technology that allows troopers to track cell phone use without phone owners knowing, according to documents provided ...

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.

Amid news that immigration arrests are rising sharply under the Trump Administration, the Detroit News reported last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents recently obtained ...