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Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your... by ColanR on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:25PM (#24040635)
To whomever flagged the sibling comment by throwaway_drt2: they were not being crude, they were referring to the cell site simulator called the Dirtbox. [1] Don't be so trigger-happy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirtbox_%28cell_phone%29

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Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your... by dang on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:32PM (#24042269)
No one flagged that comment. It was affected by a software filter. Users vouched for it, which unkilled it.
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Re:Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your... by ColanR on Monday August 03, 2020 @05:02PM (#24043374)
That makes more sense, since a similar comment that replied to it was also marked [dead]. Thanks for the clarification.
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