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MD: Baltimore Police used secret technology to track cellphones in thousands of cases
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The Baltimore Police Department has used an invasive and controversial cellphone tracking device thousands of times in recent years while following instructions from the FBI to withhold information about it from prosecutors and judges, a detective revealed in court testimony Wednesday.
The testimony shows for the first time how frequently city police are using a cell site simulator, more commonly known as a "stingray," a technology that authorities have gone to great lengths to avoid disclosing.
The device mimics a cellphone tower to force phones within its range to connect. Police use it to track down stolen phones or find people.
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Uncommon1
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| "Controversial" may actually indicate that it's illegal, but nobody will come right out and say it. Untold numbers of convictions could be thrown out if it was ever disclosed that this was used and it was actually declared illegal by the S.Ct. |
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Millwright66
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| Theres no doubt - and how its employed - is illegal. Hence the "secrecy" surrounding its use. |
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