From: beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com   
      
   >> maintain the status quo.   
   >   
   > [looking around] I didn't know I had a cuckoo clock!  Now if I could   
   > just find out where the hell I put it...   
   >   
   > -sw   
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   The fact is you were so quick to dismiss someone mentioning Stingray as   
   a conspiracy theory nut.   
      
   With a lousy 10-second Google search you would have educated yourself.   
      
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker   
      
   The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher with both passive (digital analyzer) and   
   active (cell-site simulator) capabilities. When operating in active   
   mode, the device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force   
   all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it.   
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   KEYWORDS: ALL NEARBY MOBILE PHONES.   
      
   ALL OF THEM.   
      
   Innocents and crooks alike.  If you're in the range of a LEO Stingray   
   device, your phone is going to connect to it whether you want it to or not.   
      
   Then, when you make a call, it will be passing through THEIR DEVICE   
   before being relayed to the nearest cell tower.   
      
      
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   The StingRay family of devices can be mounted in vehicles, on air   
   planes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. Hand-carried versions   
   are referred to under the trade name KingFish.   
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   Yeah.. HAND CARRIED.   
      
   Your mobile phone, right now, could be connected to one of these fucking   
   things and you would never know it.   
      
   All because the asshole 3 doors down is dealing meth... The Government   
   gets to look at every goddamn thing you do on your phone.   
      
      
   ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), alone, has used these devices   
   HUNDREDS of times.  Well, they don't differentiate between the cell   
   phone a border hopper is carrying and that of a resident alien or citizen.   
      
      
   https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/aclu-ice-stingray-documents/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)