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US Marshals Service Refuses To Release Already-Published Stingray Info

Posted by timothy on from the don't-look-behind-the-curtain dept.

v3rgEz (125380) writes The U.S. Marshals Service is known to be one of the most avid users of StingRays, and documents confirm that the agency has spent more than $9 million on equipment and training since 2009. But while it appears the USMS is not under any nondisclosure agreement with the device manufacturer, the agency has withheld a wide range of basic information under an exemption meant to protect law enforcement techniques — despite the fact that that same information is available via a federal accounting website.

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  1. The first rule... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    about Stingray is you don't talk about Stingray...

  2. Can't we just use Snoopsnitch and crowdsourcing? by gestalt_n_pepper · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With enough people using SnoopSnitch ( https://play.google.com/store/... ), which detects Stingray cell phone trackers, and a collection site on Facebook or any other social media site (Reddit sounds like a good candidate), the locations of these things could be mapped and published in jig time.

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