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The FBI is spying on your cellphone without a warrant


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2013 Apr 3, 2:05pm   7,219 views  11 comments

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/29/fbi_stingray_mobile_tracking/

In an Arizona court case, the FBI has been forced to defend its use of a phony cellphone tower dubbed Stingray that it's using to analyse mobile phone traffic and identify suspects. The Stingray system came to light in the case of Daniel David Rigmaiden, who stands accused of reaping millions of dollars from filing phony tax returns on the basis of identity theft. The FBI were able to catch Rigmaiden in 2008 by tracking down the 3G card he was using as a modem, but it didn't disclose that the Stingray had been used in this process without a...

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1   thomaswong.1986   2013 Apr 3, 3:00pm  


The FBI were able to catch Rigmaiden in 2008 by tracking down the 3G card he was using as a modem, but it didn't disclose that the Stingray had been used in this process without a..

I would say, a thank you was in order for the FBI agents who worked on the case.

Is this any different before the days of cell phones.. not at all!

2   Patrick   2013 Apr 4, 12:05am  

Breaking our laws to enforce our laws does not seem like a good trade to me.

It is different, because it's a warrantless search which includes innocent people.

3   NuttBoxer   2013 Apr 4, 2:52am  

You need to encrypt everything now if you want any privacy. If you want to say thanks, thank the government for being such sleezeballs that we soon will all be tech geniuses cable of encrypting everything from cellphone signals, to muffin recipes on our hard drives.

5   Dan8267   2015 Apr 27, 4:29pm  


The FBI is spying on your cellphone without a warrant

No shit. They are all criminals. Our court system is the largest organized crime syndicate in the world.

6   Dan8267   2015 Apr 27, 4:32pm  

This problem could easily be solved by dismantling the FBI. It would send such a strong message to all government agencies that no one would try this shit again. No agency would risk its existence by breaking wiretapping laws again. No agent or manager would dare risk his career breaking that law.

Then, after a few years, create a new organization with new people to fulfill the role of the FBI. You'll get better people, a better system, and better results, and all without the lawlessness.

7   curious2   2015 Apr 27, 4:51pm  

Dan8267 says

dismantling

The FBI can't seriously be worried about dismantling: even the recent admission of misleading with junk "science" in hundreds of cases spanning decades won't result in it being dismantled. Reagan couldn't even dismantle the ATF, which survived to become immortal during the Clinton administration due to its fiasco in Waco.

8   Dan8267   2015 Apr 27, 8:27pm  

curious2 says

The FBI can't seriously be worried about dismantling

Unfortunately, not with the shit politicians we have in office. If voters would get their heads out of their asses and start voting only for people with integrity, 95% of the problems with our government would cease.

9   Strategist   2015 Apr 28, 8:00am  

Dan8267 says


The FBI is spying on your cellphone without a warrant

No shit. They are all criminals. Our court system is the largest organized crime syndicate in the world.

It's a victimless crime. No worries.

10   HydroCabron   2015 Apr 28, 8:09am  

The NRA will put this right - as long as there's a Dairy Queen on the way to the FBI headquarters.

11   Dan8267   2017 Oct 15, 10:05pm  

Strategist says

Dan8267 says




The FBI is spying on your cellphone without a warrant



No shit. They are all criminals. Our court system is the largest organized crime syndicate in the world.



It's a victimless crime. No worries.



That's bullshit. More people have been killed by Hitler and Stalin each than by all the criminals and terrorists in all of human history combined. The worst kind of evil is systematic, stable, governmental evil. Have you learned nothing from history?

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