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Big Brother Is ... Tracking You
Loaded on April 15, 2020
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
May, 2020, page 41
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI").
Location:
United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
In these Orwellian times, the Detroit Police Department (“DPD”) has obtained a cell-site simulator (“CSS”). It’s a surveillance technology that locates and tracks phones by mimicking cellphone towers.
The DPD bought the technology for $622,000 and began using it in October 2017. From January 1, 2018, through ...
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