Report about sightings of stingray devices that capture nearby cell phone signals.
Made for June 11, 2015, but can run a few days later.
Sky News in England have discovered fake mobile phone masts used to eavesdrop on telephone conversations in London. The International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers are known as âstingraysâ after a U.S. company that makes the devices, which send a signal that tricks a mobile phone into connecting with the stingray, rather than a legitimate base station. In 2011 The Guardian reported that the devices were being used in London, but the Metropolitan Police refused to comment at the time. A 2014 article in The Times of London gave a legal framework for their use. The English authorities are still keeping quiet about the devices, as Freedom of Information requests about IMSI catchers, from Privacy International and Sky News, were refused. Privacy Internationalâs Eric King told Sky News: âWith IMSI catchers, itâs very difficult for them to be used in a targeted manner. In an urban space, thousands of peopleâs mobile phones would be swept up in that dragnet. What they do with that data, we donât know.â
Stingrays invade England for June 11, 2015
Radio news about radio waves.
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June 11, 2015
Produced at Wave Farm/WGXC in the Hudson Valley, New York.
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