Calgary Police Cellphone Surveillance Device Must Remain Top Secret, Judge Rules (www.cbc.ca)

Freshly Exhumed writes from a report via CBC.ca: To protect police investigative techniques that may or may not have been used in a Calgary Police Service investigation, their controversial cellphone surveillance device will remain so secretive not even the make and model can be released to the public, according to a court ruling released Monday. The MDI (Mobile Device Identifier) technology -- colloquially called a StingRay after Harris Corporation's IMSI device, which mimics cell towers and intercepts data from nearby phones -- is controversial in part because in at least one Canadian case, prosecutors have taken watered down plea deals rather than disclose information related to the device.

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Re:Fair trial with secret information?

[Strider-]

I think you're confusing Canada with a country that has a Bill of Rights.

No, but we have the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" which is in many respects a much stronger document than your bill of rights. It has been a huge piece of jurisprudence in its 35 years of existence.

StingRay II System Kit with AmberJack-W

[slazzy]

You mean were not even allowed to mention it was a StingRay II System Kit with AmberJack-W, oops!