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October 6, 2016 05:42 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/GsV1ZuyScY8/the-fcc-helped-create.html
The FCC helped create the Stingray problem, now it needs to fix it
An outstanding post on the EFF's Deeplinks blog by my colleague Ernesto Falcon explains the negligent chain of events that led us into the Stingray disaster, where whole cities are being blanketed in continuous location surveillance, without warrants, public consultation, or due process, thanks to the prevalence of "IMSI catchers" ("Stingrays," "Dirtboxes," "cell-site simulators," etc) that spy indiscriminately on anyone carrying a cellular phone -- something the FCC had a duty to prevent. (more…)
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