'Stingray' Phone Tracker - Explicit Details ;-)

[J.A. Terranson]

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904194604576583112723197574.html
> 
> 'Stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash

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> A Harris StingRay II, one of several devices dubbed 'stingrays.'
> 
> Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it's not being used
> to make a call. The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the devices to
> be so critical that it has a policy of deleting the data gathered in their
> use, mainly to keep suspects in the dark about their capabilities, an FBI
> official told The Wall Street Journal in response to inquiries.

A Harris Corp. "Sole Source Vendor Letter", along with sales
slicks for the entire Stingray products family can be found at:

        http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/Legistarweb/Attachments/48003.pdf

$51,000 for the entire system (Harris will make a sole-sourced killing on
this :-/).

//Alif

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