Cops mum on cellphone trackers to avoid tipping off ‘bad guys’
The FBI tells local police departments not to talk about how they use devices to secretly track people’s cellphones so as not to tip off criminals, according to the head of the bureau.“I don’t want the...
View ArticleChairman: FCC has minimal jurisdiction over surveillance tool
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks oversight of so-called stingray surveillance devices once they are in the hands of law enforcement, Commissioner Tom Wheeler said Thursday. Wheeler...
View ArticleSenators raise new concerns about CIA-aided cellphone tracking
A powerful bipartisan pair of senators is pressing the Obama administration over the development of spy tools that mimic cell towers in order to track people’s cellphones.Senate Judiciary Committee...
View ArticleDOJ reviewing phone spying technology
The Justice Department has launched a review of the administration’s use of controversial surveillance techniques that track people through their phones.The effort could lift the shroud of secrecy...
View ArticleDOJ to require warrants for cell spying tech
The Justice Department on Thursday unveiled new privacy protections for controversial devices that mimic cellphone towers and allow the government to warrantlessly identify people and determine their...
View ArticleSenators push feds to get warrants for cellphone spying
The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee want to expand the government’s commitment to obtaining a warrant before using controversial spying devices that pick up information from...
View ArticleOvernight Tech: Senators press Homeland Security on cell tracking
LEDE: It's been weeks since the Department of Justice announced that it was overhauling its rules for devices that simulate cell towers to prevent them from being used without a warrant. Now,...
View ArticleSecret Service gets warrant exception from cellphone spying
The Department of Homeland Security will require a search warrant going forward before using cell cite simulators, which are small devices that can identify mobile phone signals and place their general...
View ArticleLaw enforcement: Phone spying software not capable of collecting content
Cellphone spying technology used by federal law enforcement will not have the software capability to scoop up individuals' actual communications, like texts or pictures, law enforcement officials said...
View ArticleIRS owned phone-spying technology
The IRS spent tens of thousands of dollars on controversial technology that tracks people by their cellphone, according to government documents revealed on Monday.The heavily redacted documents...
View ArticleIRS confirms use of surveillance tool
The head of the IRS told lawmakers on Tuesday that his agency’s use of secretive phone-tracking technology was restricted to specific criminal cases, a day after new questions were raised about its...
View ArticleSenators probe IRS use of surveillance tools
Top lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding information on the Internal Revenue Service's use of a controversial surveillance device.Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and...
View ArticleGOP chairman joins with Dems on bill to limit cellphone spying
The Republican head of the House Oversight Committee is teaming up with a pair of Democrats to try to enact new limits on the government’s use of controversial cellphone-tracking technology.Rep. Jason...
View ArticleCourt rules DEA needs warrant to use mobile tracking device
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday ruled that law enforcement officers need a warrant before using a device that mimics cellphone towers to help track a person’s mobile phone. Observers said the...
View ArticleSenators demand info on unusual surveillance activity in DC
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make public more information about the use of rogue surveillance devices colloquially known as...
View ArticleOfficials disclose potential cellphone surveillance activity near White House
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security detected potential surveillance activity near “sensitive facilities” in Washington, including the White House, according to a study conducted last...
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