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2g EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow
folk security Hong Kong's #612strike uprising is alive to surveillance threats, but its countermeasures are woefully inadequate Cory Doctorow
cell site simulators Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide area's mobile activity Cory Doctorow
gnu radio For $20, you can make a DIY Stingray in minutes, using parts from Amazon Cory Doctorow
countercountercountermeasures This year's Electromagnetic Field hacker campout demonstrated the awesome power of DIY cellphones and DIY stingrays Cory Doctorow
stingrays Sen. Wyden confirms that police Stingray cellphone surveillance gadgets disrupt emergency services Rob Beschizza
stingrays Watch this albino stingray glide gracefully beneath the waves Andrea James
all offense no defense News crew discovers 40 cellphone-tracking devices operating around DC Cory Doctorow
fusion center Oakland passes groundbreaking municipal law requiring citizen oversight of local surveillance Cory Doctorow
They're just like us: Feds fear their phone calls and texts are being monitored Seamus Bellamy
voting machines In 2009 a NJ judge banned hooking up voting machines to the internet, but that's exactly how ES&S's "airgapped" machines work Cory Doctorow
lawless unaccountable reckless Canada's Mounties use a 6-year-old "interim policy" to justify warrantless mass surveillance Cory Doctorow
critters Local stingray is in a great mood Xeni Jardin
red team It's not hard to think of ways to outsmart Stingray-detector apps Cory Doctorow
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Wardriving for Stingrays with rideshare cars Cory Doctorow
camel's nose meets tent Feds admit they used secret anti-terror mass surveillance tool to catch an undocumented waiter Cory Doctorow

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