Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your...
by BelleOfTheBall on Monday August 03, 2020 @12:47PM
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I remember this being described in Bruce Schneier's book. When I first read it, I was terrified. Now, seeing them in action, I'm closer to dejected. Most methods of avoiding them aren't easy or practical enough to be used by the layman, hell, most laymen don't even know what stingrays are. These are incredibly tough to protect against on a mass scale.
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Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your...
by Mirioron on Monday August 03, 2020 @02:20PM
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What happens when they are used in countries with fewer protections to individuals than the US?
Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your...
by aerostable_slug on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:11PM
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You get assassinated by mercenary teams made up of former special operations soldiers & sailors.[0]
0: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-...
Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your...
by Sudophysics on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:30AM
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Well, use your imagination duh.
Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your...
by mtgx on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:01PM
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The bar is already pretty low in the US. The FBI has trained cops to hide the use of stingrays from judges, so who really knows how many times these were illegally used to incriminate someone while telling judges they got anonymous tips or whatever.