Sentences with phrase «fake cell phone tower»

The device, which acts as a fake cell phone tower, essentially allows the government to electronically search large areas for a particular cell phone's signal — sucking down data on potentially thousands of innocent people along the way.

The secretive nature of stingray use has begun to backfire on law enforcement, however, with states beginning to pass laws that require police to obtain a warrant before they can set up a fake cell phone tower for surveillance.

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Unfortunately, if police can use fake cell towers to force our phones to leak our private information, there is nothing to stop criminals and foreign nations from learning to do the same (in fact a cell - site simulator can be built right now for about $ 1,500).

Unfortunately, if police can use fake cell towers to force our phones to leak our private information, there is nothing to stop criminals and foreign nations from learning to do the same (in fact a cell - site simulator can be

Stingrays, otherwise known as cell - site simulators, act as a fake cell - phone tower.