View Full Version : StingRay devices and police use
mojaveman
03-20-2015, 19:59
It seems that two local law enforcement agencies near where I live are being sued by the ACLU because they have been using StingRay cell phone monitoring devices. The ACLU doesn't like it because the interceptors let LEOS gather intelligence on everyone using a cell phone and not just bad guys. The agencies justify their use by also claiming that they can help locate people lost in rural areas. My question? Would that not have to be accomplished by some type of triangulation with multiple devices? Is it possible to pinpoint a cell phone user by using only one device?
We do not need to discuss equipment that DOD considers classified and LEOs consider restricted. Actually operators have NDAs.
This is just another play by the ACLU to get technical specs.
Move on there is nothing to see here.
Public Knowledge Base:
Some newer 911 cell phone call systems can receive the location of the cell tower being used.
That tower can be some distance from the phone, so accuracy is shotgunish at best.
Phone companies also record the last xxx cell towers a phone used, there by setting a general direction of travel.
All cellphones transmit info, to include brand/type. So,, a smart box could try to derive the distance from the cell tower by knowing the phones transmit power, but buildings and other natural terrain obstacles will cause distance errors.
In answer to your question,, Maybe..
YMMV.. :munchin
Why come here asking when you can Bing/Google it?
Because a lot of shit in the Google/Bing sphere is filled with wrong info.:p
mojaveman
03-21-2015, 12:32
Because a lot of shit in the Google/Bing sphere is filled with wrong info.:p
Exactly. ;)