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How did you get from “mobile company providing location data” to “law enforcement use of stingrays to obtain location data”?
by jagged-chisel 7y ago
How did you get from “mobile company providing location data” to “law enforcement use of stingrays to obtain location data”?
- anonymousiam 7y agoNot much of a difference really. Mainly just that LE uses their own equipment instead of that of the carrier. This brings up a separate FCC issue: Why is it okay for LE to transmit on the cellular bands for this purpose, when it provably can interfere with emergency communications (such as a 911 call)?
- jagged-chisel 7y agoIt’s a huge difference. The technical difference is that law enforcement is doing an end-run around the carrier to have phones just give up information. Carriers have zero control over that.
- ta999999171 7y agoSure they do! (Assuming you're not kidding.) Make the cell connections a secure protocol, instead of something any asshole with an antenna can spoof & create a portable "cell tower".
- jagged-chisel 7y agoYes, they could have that control. But they currently do not.
- vageli 7y ago> Sure they do! (Assuming you're not kidding.) > Make the cell connections a secure protocol, instead of something any asshole with an antenna can spoof & create a portable "cell tower". A single carrier likely couldn't do that without coordinating with other carriers (as a client roams to a new net).