[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #671: Stingray surveillance tools back in the spotlight

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OPLIN 4Cast #671: Stingray surveillance tools back in the spotlight
June 3rd, 2020

[image: eyes] With the protests and riots happening around the country this
week, a controversial surveillance tool has again taken center stage. Known
commonly as "stingrays," these devices essentially impersonate cell phone
towers and send out signals to fool cell phones in the area into
transmitting their locations and identifying information. According to the
ACLU
<https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/stingray-tracking-devices-whos-got-them>
they can also collect information from the phones of many bystanders who
happen to be nearby.

   -
   - Here Are The Minneapolis Police's Tools To Identify Protesters
   <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/george-floyd-protests-surveillance-technology>
   [Buzzfeed] "For instance, the Minnesota BCA has the ability to deploy
   Stingrays, a tool that mimics cellphone towers in order to approximate the
   location of cellphone users. Stingrays have allegedly been used to
   target Black Lives Matter protesters."
   - ICE used 'stingray' cell phone snooping tech hundreds of times since
   2017 <https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/aclu-ice-stingray-documents/>[TechCrunch]
   "Although the numbers offer a rare insight into how often ICE uses this
   secretive and controversial technology, the documents don’t say how many
   Americans also had their phones inadvertently ensnared by these
   surveillance devices."
   - You Can Easily Get Into Anybody’s Smartphone with this Tool
   <https://www.techtimes.com/articles/246754/20200103/you-can-easily-get-into-anybody-s-smartphone-with-this-tool.htm>[Tech
   Times] "The technology is easy to master, cheap, and most of all -
   accessible. In fact, we have come to a point where almost anyone with a few
   bucks and hours to spare can hack another person's phone. "
   - ACLU sues Homeland Security over ‘stingray’ cell phone surveillance
   <https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/11/aclu-cbp-ice-stingray-surveillance/>
   [TechCrunch] "But little else is known about stingray technology because
   the cell phone snooping technology is sold exclusively to police
   departments and federal agencies under strict non-disclosure agreements
   with the device manufacturer."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - StingRay surveillance devices found near the White House
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=32U1960940468CB3&site=ehost-live>
   (Lester Holt, & Andrea Canning. (n.d.). StingRay surveillance devices found
   near the White House. *CBS Evening News with Katie Couric*.)
   - Resisting geosurveillance: A survey of tactics and strategies for
   spatial privacy
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=137169266&site=ehost-live>
   (Swanlund, D., & Schuurman, N. (2019). Resisting geosurveillance: A survey
   of tactics and strategies for spatial privacy. *Progress in Human
   Geography*, *43*(4), 596–610.)
   - Everything to know about 'Stingray' (Kate Allen Science & Toronto
   Star.
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=6FPTS2019040754010291&site=ehost-live>(2019,
   April 7). Everything to know about “Stingray.” *Toronto Star (Canada)*.)

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