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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 18:42:36 UTC Electronic Frontier Foundation

   • Exploit Code Not People
   • HorizonMass

   “You can use it at a gun shop to see who’s buying guns, at an abortion clinic to see who’s getting abortions, at a protest to see who’s protesting. That’s where there are pretty significant concerns,” EFF’s @cooperq told @HorizonMass of police “stingrays." https://horizonmass.news/2024/02/06/stingrays-simulators-surveillance-and-silverados/

   • The Green Knight (greenknight23@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 18:57:24 UTC The Green Knight

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     • HorizonMass

     @eff @cooperq @HorizonMass these have been around since the Bush admin.

     three ways to combat them
     1. don't bring your phone
     2. bring a burner
     3. bring a jammer

     obviously number three is illegal, so don't do that.

     I'm surprised stingrays are even legal since the (encrypted) information (you) sent OTA is considered "public" but it's illegal to decrypt communications from police radios even though they use the same "pubic" airwaves.

     I guess ACRAB.

   • Matthew (mrblissett@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2024 19:38:10 UTC Matthew

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     @eff @cooperq @HorizonMass
     Too bad #eff 's source code for the tool against stingray cell site towers has been unmaintained!

     https://www.eff.org/pages/crocodile-hunter