Tuesday, December 06, 2011
FBI's 'Stingray' Cellphone Tracker Stirs a Fight Over Search Warrants, Fourth Amendment - WSJ.com
It's not exactly a tracking device implanted under one's skin; however, considering the proliferation of cell-phones, it might as well be.
Now, maybe if you wrap your phone in tin foil...
Now, maybe if you wrap your phone in tin foil...
Jennifer Valentino-Devries reports on it in a recent Wall Street Journal column:
"Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it's not being used to make a call. The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the devices to be so critical that it has a policy of deleting the data gathered in their use, mainly to keep suspects in the dark about their capabilities, an FBI official told The Wall Street Journal in response to inquiries."
