• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Wait, people didn’t know about StingRays?

    They’ve been around for like a decade now.

    But uh, yeah, basically, they’re fake/spoof/honeypot cell towers that man-in-the-middle all nearby cell network traffic.

    This is how they do the whole… everything dragnet, all the time, basically all cop cruisers have them in them, active all the time, this is why you just don’t bring your phone to a protest unless you really know what you’re doing.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        It’s a little less about reading what you’re saying or looking at on your phone, it’s mostly about tracking where your phone goes and figuring out who you are that way.