Minnesota law enforcement tracking cell phones

View · by **brad3579** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:53 pm

Isn't this just wonderful.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have both purchased cellular exploitation devices that go by the names of KingFish of StingRay. The devices mimic a cell phone tower and allow the agencies to extract data from nearby cell phones.
http://archive.kare11.com/rss/article/1048249/391/Minnesota-law-enforcement-tracking-cell-phones

View · by **Nougat** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:57 pm

theres some crime they already knew about to make it worth your loss of privacy!
otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to use it?

View · by **LePetomane** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:09 pm

It shouldn't come as any surprise.

View · by **loose** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:33 pm

Imagine the selfies they will collect!

View · by **BigDog58** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:13 pm

I hope they get the "selfie" of my fat white arse!

View · by **rottenit** on Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:10 pm

These damn things should be illegal

View · by **exarkun** on Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:36 pm

Kinda old news (as in almost 4 years old)

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/88977177.html

View · by **ZardozCZ** on Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:42 pm

They (city, county, state squads) also drive around recording license plates and time/location data and keep that on file. Aunt Minne has Big Brothers 6.