Up in the air, Junior Stingrays!

[thewayne]

I've written about Stingrays before, they're surveillance devices that force all of the cell phones in an area to connect with them, thus conducting yet another form of mass surveillance. And usually they're deployed without warrants.

Well, now they're in the air. The U.S. Marshall's Service have five Cesnas around the country that carry them. They're more powerful and sensitive, which means they're sweeping up a much larger area than a ground-based unit.

WHEEE!

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/feds-motherfng-stingrays-motherfng-planes/

Comments

[silveradept]

Has no one yet successfully sued the government for breach of their privacy because of the warrantless use of these and other broad-collection devices and technologies?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

ACLU is trying, but it's a slow process.and with limited success. Part of the problem is that there's so many different was to surveil, and each one is its own law suit. Takes a lot of time and resources.

[silveradept]

And heaven forefend that our legislators actually have a spine and demand the government adhere to the requirement that specific things be named when seeking information.