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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 08:23:49 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

Thanks to new records spotted by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, we now know more about the current generation of cell-site simulators being used by law enforcement. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/next-generation-cell-site-simulators-here-heres-what-we-know
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1. The Next Generation of Cell-Site Simulators is Here. Here’s What We Know.
  
  from Beryl Lipton and Cooper Quintin
  
  Dozens of policing agencies are currently using cell-site simulators (CSS) by Jacobs Technology and its Engineering Integration Group (EIG), according to newly-available documents on how that company provides CSS capabilities to local law enforcement. A proposal document from Jacobs Technology,...
- United We Stand (urnotthebossofus@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 09:30:08 JST United We Stand
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  @eff
  "CSS may also interfere with the ability to call emergency services, especially for people who have to use accessibility technologies for those who cannot hear."
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  1. This technology is like a dragging fishing net, rather than a focused single hook in the water. Every phone in the vicinity connects with the device; even people completely unrelated to an investigation get wrapped up in the surveillance. CSS, like other surveillance technologies, subjects civilians to widespread data collection, even those who have not been involved with a crime, and has been used against protestors and other protected groups, undermining their civil liberties. Their adoption should require public disclosure, but this rarely occurs. These new records provide insight into the continued adoption of this technology. It remains unclear whether MSP has policies to govern its use. CSS may also interfere with the ability to call emergency services, especially for people who have to use accessibility technologies for those who cannot hear.
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- benaki (benaki@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 17:04:16 JST benaki
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  @eff Hi,
  Wouldn't you be able to create an app to detect new / mobile 4/5G access points? Alert you when a new tower appears?
  This app could even map large areas with multiple users.
  
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- jamespthomas (jamespthomas@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 20:20:35 JST jamespthomas
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  @eff https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/28/stingray-cell-phone-surveillance-devices-may-interfere-with-911-calls-senator-says/
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  1. Stingray cell phone surveillance devices may interfere with 911 calls, senator says | TechCrunch
    
    from Zack Whittaker
    
    A senator has confirmed that the use of cell site simulators for conducting real-time surveillance on cell phones may interfere with 911 calls. In a
- jamespthomas (jamespthomas@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 20:23:25 JST jamespthomas
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  @eff and should your phone tell you you can only make an emergency call?
  
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