Probe cops' Stingray phone masts, senators tell US comms watchdog A group of US Senators has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate concerns that police stingray devices are causing illegally high levels of interference to wireless networks. In a letter addressed to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, Senators Bernie Sanders (I‑VT), Ron Wyden (D‑OR), Al Franken (D‑MN), …
In the US, "People of Color" involved in crime and in low income neighborhoods often don't have a fixed place of residence. Their phone is their only reference point. This is probably why Stingray units get used more often and for longer periods of time in those neighborhoods. Landlines are very cheap now, but Pres. Obama thought that having a mobile phone was a right, so they hand out free phones to all of these people. If they sponsored limited service landlines instead, the police might have a better chance of locating a particular person. People wouldn't just let all of their hoodlum friends use their phone if they only were allocated a limited number of minutes each month.
So you have never heard of life line then? The Mobiles are an extension of life line. Your entire comment is bull shit. How many people do you know have a land line? Most people I know don't and they are not poor.
https://www.fcc.gov/general/lifeline-program-low-income-consumers
Oojh look they do sponsor land lines and look even internet.
"Senators Bernie Sanders (I‑VT), Ron Wyden (D‑OR), Al Franken (D‑MN), Sherrod Brown (D‑OH), Elizabeth Warren (D‑MA), Ed Markey (D‑MA), Jeff Merkley (D‑OR), Tammy Baldwin (D‑WI), Tom Udall (D‑NM), Chris Coons (D‑DE), and Martin Heinrich (D‑NM)"
Presumably the interference affects everyone in the areas where the stingrays are deployed. While Republicans are fewer in number in those areas, they do exist, and it is disappointing to see that no Republican Senators have joined in this effort.
The lack of bipartisan action of almost any sort is crippling this country, and until all of these clowns stop pointing fingers and start shaking hands, it will get worse and worse.
The current system does, but if it's used in a mobile location the backhaul to the "real" communications network is a mobile link. That's fine if you are eavesdropping on a single suspect but if you show up at a protest of a 100,000 people it's hard to channel all their call data into a single 4G link
My name is Titan (here we go) i have recently decided that my nemesis the stingray and her crew might actually be the baddies, I am somewhat shocked by this. My question is, is there a baddies comms network i should join, I have tried BT, but cant actually get in contact with the people at the top, no phone number is even available.. Had a face to face with R Branston, but sadly hes only a face? I'm thinking of trying the mysterons, that voice seems to be able to get just about anywhere, maybe it could even disrupt stingray?!
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