US police banned using fake cellular base stations
The case of Kerron Andrews, a suspect in the shootout, was the first in the United States when a court rejected evidence (including a crime gun - a pistol), detected using a fake Stingray base station. Previously, the police did not need a warrant for these actions, but now she will have to prove to the court the need to apply Stingray and get permission.
How police work with fake Stingray base stations
The Court of Special Appeals of the State of Maryland on Wednesday, March 2, issued a historic decision , according to which the use of counterfeit cellular stations without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. Now the police will have to explain to the court why it is necessary to use Stingrey in each particular case, or all the evidence obtained through the system will not be taken into consideration.
This decision is connected with the arrest in 2014 of Kerron Andrews (Kerron Andrews), a suspect in the shooting, during which three people were injured. The court allowed the police to obtain data from a wireless communications provider to search for a suspect, but law enforcement agencies instead used Hailstorm, a high-tech modern system like Stingray. The police did not warn the court about a change of tactics, and later the Maryland Attorney General frightened human rights activists - the police can monitor any person who has a phone on.
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In the arsenal of US intelligence there are a lot of systems that can, including receiving remote messages from phones, intercept SMS and listen to conversations, extract files, address books and notes. The catalog of this equipment hit the net in 2015.
The police and the FBI use one of the ways to get data from cell phones - the Stingray device. It acts as a fake base station to which cell phones are connected within a signal range, and the operator of such a station can listen to conversations and determine the location of the phone from the signal strength. And the police are advised not to tell the court about using Stingrey - and they do not need a warrant.
In April 2015, it became known that only the Baltimore police (population - 620 thousand people, Maryland) since 2007, has used this system 4,300 times. Journalists in London found 20 such stations .
In 2013, human rights activists tried to deprive the FBI of the right to use Stingrey, because the system violates the rights of Americans, as provided for by the Fourth Amendment - the system allows you to monitor not only suspects in crimes, but all citizens within the radius of action.
How police work with fake Stingray base stations
The Court of Special Appeals of the State of Maryland on Wednesday, March 2, issued a historic decision , according to which the use of counterfeit cellular stations without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. Now the police will have to explain to the court why it is necessary to use Stingrey in each particular case, or all the evidence obtained through the system will not be taken into consideration.
This decision is connected with the arrest in 2014 of Kerron Andrews (Kerron Andrews), a suspect in the shooting, during which three people were injured. The court allowed the police to obtain data from a wireless communications provider to search for a suspect, but law enforcement agencies instead used Hailstorm, a high-tech modern system like Stingray. The police did not warn the court about a change of tactics, and later the Maryland Attorney General frightened human rights activists - the police can monitor any person who has a phone on.
')
In the arsenal of US intelligence there are a lot of systems that can, including receiving remote messages from phones, intercept SMS and listen to conversations, extract files, address books and notes. The catalog of this equipment hit the net in 2015.
The police and the FBI use one of the ways to get data from cell phones - the Stingray device. It acts as a fake base station to which cell phones are connected within a signal range, and the operator of such a station can listen to conversations and determine the location of the phone from the signal strength. And the police are advised not to tell the court about using Stingrey - and they do not need a warrant.
In April 2015, it became known that only the Baltimore police (population - 620 thousand people, Maryland) since 2007, has used this system 4,300 times. Journalists in London found 20 such stations .
In 2013, human rights activists tried to deprive the FBI of the right to use Stingrey, because the system violates the rights of Americans, as provided for by the Fourth Amendment - the system allows you to monitor not only suspects in crimes, but all citizens within the radius of action.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/391431/
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