The U.S. government concluded within the last two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cell-phone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, D.C., according to three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. But unlike most other occasions when flagrant incidents […]
Homeland Security Finds Suspected Listening Devices in Washington…
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages. The use of what are known as cellphone-site simulators by foreign powers has long been a concern, […]
Federal Agencies Can Spy on Phones with 400 Cell-Site Simulators…
The Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department have spent collectively more than $95 million on secret cellphone tracking technology and own more than 400 cell-site simulators that can be used to zero in covertly on the locations of cellphones…
FBI’s Super-Duper-Secret Stingray Quickly Found Suspect After Local Cops’ Device Couldn’t…
According to new government affidavits filed earlier this week, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) used its stingray without a warrant in 2013 for several hours overnight…
Appeals Court Delivers Devastating Blow to Cellphone-Privacy Advocates…
When law enforcement asks a company for cellphone records to track location data in an investigation, is that a search under…