Indiana State Police Acknowledge Use of Cell Phone Tracking Device

An anonymous reader writes "Indiana state police acknowledge use of cell phone tracking device 'Stingray', tricking all cellphones in a set distance into connecting to it as if it were a real cellphone tower. A joint USA Today and IndyStar investigation found earlier this month that the state police spent $373,995 on a device called a Stingray. Often installed in a surveillance vehicle, the suitcase-size Stingrays trick all cellphones in a set distance ('sometimes exceeding a mile, depending on the terrain and antennas') into connecting to it as if it were a real cellphone tower. That allows police agencies to capture location data and numbers dialed for calls and text messages from thousands of people at a time."

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Gun owners as a rule

[hellstromcarbunkle]

are cowardly. They arm themselves to the teeth as defense against the 'coming black insurrection' but they love prisons and police, since these people keep them 'safe' from those black 'hordes'. And that is why there will never be a revolt of the White Middle Class, just as it was not the White Middle Class that fought the revolutionary war on the side of the Congress. It was wealthy men interested in more wealth, the people they could buy and the poor dross paid by the hour.