Investigative journalists have been increasingly successful in recent months with regards to acquiring documentation and evidence concerning the use of Stingray and other surveillance systems by police departments across the United States. According to some of the latest reports, however, the Metropolitan Police Department in the nation’s capital indeed acquired a Stingray, but waited more than half-a-decade until its officers were actually showed how to use it. Documents obtained recently by reporters at both Vice News and Ars Technica have confirmed that the MPD sat on its Stingray for ages. As RT reported previously, such devices trick traditional mobile...
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