WIRED: One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance

[Razer]

On 1/28/20 11:54 PM, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> On 1/28/20 21:18, Razer wrote:
>> Federal lawz require a cellphone without service to be able to dial 911
>> for some period of time after service is discontinued. After some period
>> of time the battery is dead and no, the Stingray won't turn it on.
> It might be any phone without a working SIM card (or its CDMA
> equivalent); this is one reason that organizations that help domestic
> violence victims ask for old phones. I have had phones which have never
> had a working SIM card in them at all be able to make an emergency call
> (at least according to the display; I haven't tested this).
>

I forget what the period of time is... Six months or a year after
service ends.

Rr


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