Judges Toss Out Stingray Evidence
After all the reports in recent years about governments tracking and reading users mobile phones, it’s become known for the first time that a judge has thrown out ...
July 13, 2016 at 10:20 am by Gareth Andrewsstingray
Stingrays Used to Block Calls in the UK
When it comes to the Stingray, the US has been up in arms over the devices that not only intercept your mobile phone’s calls and messages but can be used to record your ...
May 30, 2016 at 1:00 am by Gareth Andrews
Cops Use StingRay Phone Tracker Against $50 Chicken Wing Thief
Police officers in Maryland, US, used a controversial mobile (cell)phone-tracking system – billed as a tool for fighting terrorism – to track a man suspected of stealing ...
May 5, 2016 at 6:20 pm by Ashley Allen
FBI Admits Use of Zero-Day Exploits and Stingrays
In a profile of Amy Hess, the FBI’s executive assistant director for science and technology and overseer of the bureau’s Operational Technology Division, conducted ...
December 9, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Alexander Neil
IRS Used Stingray To Track 37 Phones
Digital security is an issue that is raised weekly, with digital privacy seeming to be at odds, security or privacy. These topics come to a point when the topic of Stingray ...
December 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm by Gareth Andrews
Judge Says Stingrays “Are Simply Too Powerful” Without Rules
Stingrays have become one of the most contested ways of digital surveillance since they became public knowledge last year. The devices act like mobile phone towers, simulating ...
November 22, 2015 at 3:49 pm by Gareth Andrews
Fake Data-Collecting Mobile Towers Discovered in London
A joint investigation by Sky News and German security company GMSK Cryptophone has uncovered up to 20 fake mobile towers in London that are collecting user data from nearby ...
June 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm by Ashley Allen
Public Record Request Reveals Stingray Used 303 Times Without Legal Reason
Digital privacy is a concept that is being contested with government monitoring. With section 215 of the Patriot act set for renewal in America, with reviews and discussions ...
May 26, 2015 at 1:58 pm by Gareth Andrews
