In the USA law enforcement officials have legal means of obtaining cell phone data. But that requires time and paperwork. So much easier to just intercept the information with a piece of technological kit:
The Stingray is smaller than a suitcase, costs about $400,000, and its function is pretty straight forward. Basically, it tricks all nearby cell phone traffic into sending data to the Stingray as if it were a cell tower. It then downloads all that data to a computer program that translates it for whoever is operating the Stingray. All the traffic is then passed to the nearest cell tower, with no one the wiser. [Source: CrimeLibrary.com]
Legally or not, as was proven by The Sun newspaper in England, and Wikileaks reports, your cell phone calls can easily be monitored. So either give them no other identifiable or meaningful information; location, content, owner – or just don’t use mobile communications if you operate in illegal or grey areas.
Learn more at USA Today, who claim “at least 25 police departments own a Stingray“.
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