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In reply to the discussion: Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones [View all]Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)3. stingray wiretaps
suck up all the phones in an area whether they are being actively used or not. They imitate a cell phone companies tower. If ya want to make mischief leave the phone at home, if you use it assume someone is listening.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/stingrays-biggest-unknown-technological-threat-cell-phone-privacy
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Slip of an Officer’s Tongue Suggests Police Are Monitoring #BlackLivesMatter Protesters’ Cell Phones [View all]
marmar
Dec 2014
OP
so if the call was monitored DURING a "Black Friday Boycott march" is it possible that
GreatGazoo
Dec 2014
#2
Not necessarily. . During the protests in NYC they had plain clothes officers walking with the crowd
okaawhatever
Dec 2014
#24
How would they get her phone number? That is exactly why the undercover guys were in the
okaawhatever
Dec 2014
#33
Of course they are monitoring cell phone calls, the cheap and effective tecnnology cries out to be used
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#7
I think that is one of the biggest problems. The police are totally out of touch with what is going
jwirr
Dec 2014
#25
Maybe the fusion center officer knew enough not to talk about it on the radio.
Jesus Malverde
Dec 2014
#34