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As a couple commenters on a related Ars article[1] point out, it seems weird that police would drop cases rather than reveal stingray details if it were just a
by username223 12y ago
As a couple commenters on a related Ars article[1] point out, it seems weird that police would drop cases rather than reveal stingray details if it were just a matter of scooping up voice, text, and location data using a fake transmitter. Those things are pretty obvious, so why all the secrecy?
[1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/fbi-would-rather-prosecutors-drop-cases-than-disclose-stingray-details/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/fbi-would-rather-...
- shard972 12y agoBecause if we knew the government spies on us we would take steps to not be spied on and that would help the terrorists which are us.
- Deebot 12y agoThe more likely reason is that there is something these are capable of that hasn't yet been found out by the public, which would make the government and the companies who make these devices look very bad if it became public information.