April 29, 2019

Cops need warrant for both location history and phone pinging, says judge

It's one of the first location data privacy cases to grapple with the warrant and surveillance implications of the Carpenter decision.

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June 27, 2018

US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data

Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.

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April 06, 2018

Washington DC “awash” with fake cell towers

DHS has detected IMSI catchers that track phones and intercept calls

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September 22, 2017

Tracking phones without a warrant ruled unconstitutional

'Stingray use without a warrant violates 4th Amendment'

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April 10, 2017

Mounties admit to using cellphone-snooping ‘stingrays’

But other spying devices placed at Montreal's Trudeau airport and near Parliament in Ottawa nothing to do with government, says minister

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September 22, 2016

Eleven US cities to crack down on warrantless surveillance

A civil liberties coalition is working with local governments to rein in surveillance it says has run amok, be it by excessive use of stingrays or other technologies.

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May 06, 2016

Chicken wing thief flies the coop, evading cops’ stingray

The chicken caper involved 15 chicken wings and three subs stolen from a delivery person.

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February 15, 2016

Stung by stingrays: NYPD reveals over 1000 cellphone interceptions

The NYPD recently admitted using so-called "stingray" devices to intercept cellphone communications over 1000 times since 2008.

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September 04, 2015

US law enforcement now needs a warrant to use stingrays

Federal law enforcement agencies will now require a warrant before they can deploy stingrays and other similar devices. Any data collected will also have to be deleted post haste.

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