What has the LAPD done now? According to L.A. Weekly, the police have used the supposedly terror investigation only StingRay technology and spied upon non-suspects.
StingRay tapped over 13 percent of mobile phone investigations from June to Sept. 2012
Of the 155 StingRay cellular phone investigation cases the LAPD faced between June and September last year, over 13 percent of cases exposed the communications of innocent non-suspects without their awareness or consent. The LAPD has had access to StingRay technology since 2006, thanks to subsidies from the federal Department of Homeland Security. The intent was for StingRay to be used specifically for terrorism inspections, but the LAPD has documented proof that there have been burglary, narcotic and murder investigations where StingRay was pressed into use. As yet, LAPD officials have refused to address questions regarding the StingRay technology, including whether the department thinks it has the legal right to use the technology in a way that invades the privacy of non-suspects.
One person who doesn't believe the LAPD has the right to use StingRay in this fashion is Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. Scheer notes that LAPD procedure manuals are unclear as to whether such use of StingRay is legal without a warrant or judicial permission. According to those familiar with the technology, avoiding collateral cellular data interception from non-suspects when they are in close proximity to suspects is practically impossible.
StingRay also circumvents carrier technology
Civic privileges activists do not like the StingRay technology because it used to be that authorities had to get permission before they could use technology such as it. Now, regulators can carry around the StingRay technology and use it in secret if they want to.
Taking a look at privacy
There are too many potential privacy violations, according to American Civil Liberties Union attorney Linda Lye. Others agree with her too. It is unclear how StingRay technology plays a part in privacy laws, but it does need to be addressed.
StingRay tapped over 13 percent of mobile phone investigations from June to Sept. 2012
Of the 155 StingRay cellular phone investigation cases the LAPD faced between June and September last year, over 13 percent of cases exposed the communications of innocent non-suspects without their awareness or consent. The LAPD has had access to StingRay technology since 2006, thanks to subsidies from the federal Department of Homeland Security. The intent was for StingRay to be used specifically for terrorism inspections, but the LAPD has documented proof that there have been burglary, narcotic and murder investigations where StingRay was pressed into use. As yet, LAPD officials have refused to address questions regarding the StingRay technology, including whether the department thinks it has the legal right to use the technology in a way that invades the privacy of non-suspects.
One person who doesn't believe the LAPD has the right to use StingRay in this fashion is Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. Scheer notes that LAPD procedure manuals are unclear as to whether such use of StingRay is legal without a warrant or judicial permission. According to those familiar with the technology, avoiding collateral cellular data interception from non-suspects when they are in close proximity to suspects is practically impossible.
StingRay also circumvents carrier technology
Civic privileges activists do not like the StingRay technology because it used to be that authorities had to get permission before they could use technology such as it. Now, regulators can carry around the StingRay technology and use it in secret if they want to.
Taking a look at privacy
There are too many potential privacy violations, according to American Civil Liberties Union attorney Linda Lye. Others agree with her too. It is unclear how StingRay technology plays a part in privacy laws, but it does need to be addressed.
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