One of the most troubling uses of surveillance technology in recent years has been the explosion of stingray devices. Stingrays are fake cell phone towers that can be deployed by law enforcement to ...

The ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed an amicus brief in what will be the first case in the country to address the constitutional implications of a so-called “stingray,” a little ...

The civil liberties group is suing the Homeland Security agencies after they refused to turn over data on how they use Stingray cellphone surveillance equipment. The American Civil Liberties Union is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Records show the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department obtained a controversial device capable of tracking cell phone activity. And it’s had it since 2012. In response to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An effort is underway to limit the police use of secret recording technology to gain access to your cellphone. Picture this: You're texting a friend. You're not aware that police are ...

The New Jersey State Police have spent at least $850,000 in recent years on a technology that allows troopers to track cell phone use without phone owners knowing, according to documents provided ...

ARE QUESTIONING WHO IT IS REALLY TARGETING. THE TECHNOLOGY ACTS LIKE A CELL PHONE TOWER, LETTING POLICE GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT NEARBY FORMS. SOME CITY CONCILLORS SAY THEY ARE TROUBLED THAT BOSNTO ...

A police department's refusal to either confirm or deny the use of a controversial and indiscriminate mass-surveillance device means Canadians have no way of knowing if their personal cellphone data ...

Several Democratic senators want the Federal Communications Commission to determine whether law enforcement agencies' use of cell-site simulators is disrupting regular phone service. The portable ...

Technology buffs in Silicon Valley won’t have to worry about a stingray device in their backyard — at least not for now. The California county that houses much of the U.S. technology sector will not ...

Android 16 introduces a new feature that can detect a fake cell tower and save users from “Stingray” attacks. These attacks include a device that mimics cell towers, tricking smartphones into ...