ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers to Spy on People's Phones
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- ICE continues to use Stingray cell-site simulators for tracking undocumented immigrants, despite controversy over privacy risks.
- A recent case in Orem, Utah, involved ICE using a Stingray to locate a fugitive suspected of murder and gang activity.
- ICE has invested nearly $1 million in mobile cell-site simulator vehicles and maintains a $4.4 million contract with Harris Corporation for location-tracking equipment.
- The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office spent $12 million on an AI surveillance system called Sherlock, but its effectiveness remains unclear after three years.
- Flock Safety is competing with Axon in the police tech market, offering drones, car tracking, and AI-powered surveillance tools.
- ICE signed a $10 million contract with Clearview AI for facial recognition to identify assailants of ICE officers.
- A lawsuit alleges Meta ignored privacy and security issues in WhatsApp, allowing employees to access user data.
- Signal introduced encrypted chat backups for Android, requiring a 64-character recovery key.
- Amnesty International reports Pakistan operates a vast domestic surveillance system using Chinese and Western technology.