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Before Using StingRays, Police Must Sign NDA With FBI

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-first-rule-of-tracking-club dept.

v3rgEz writes Advanced cell phone tracking devices known as StingRays allow police nationwide to home in on suspects and to log individuals present at a given location. But before acquiring a StingRay, state and local police must sign a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI, according to documents released via a MuckRock FOIA request. As Shawn Musgrave reports, it's an unusual setup arrangement for two public agencies to swear each other to secrecy, but such maneuvers are becoming more common.

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  1. Conspiracy to commit fraud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They are impersonating wireless carriers which is fraud.

  2. Re: More common, and possibly unconstitutional... by TheCarp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, that would imply republicans when the reality is, this is really a bipartisan screwing. The Democrats typically move in lockstep with the republicans when it comes to their shared belief that us peons don't even deserve the truth about what they are doing, never mind any rights to redress of actual grievance.

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