Cryptome: Police can track your cell phone using Harris Stingray and Kingfish technology

Police can now track your cell phone and collect your cell phone conversations from a squad car. They can also locate (direction find (DF)) a particular cell phone user. Apparently, the Miami police department is interested in the new technology.

Federal authorities pursued a man they called simply “the Hacker” for more than a year.Only after using a cellphone-tracking device—a Stingray—were they able to catch him.

Stingrays are designed to locate mobile phones even when it’s not being used to make a call.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the devices to be critical and it has a policy of deleting the data gathered so the capabilities of the system aren't disclosed.

A stingray works by mimicking a cellphone tower, calling a phone and measuring signals from the phone.

It lets the stingray operator “ping,” or send a signal to, a phone and locate (DF) it as long as it is powered. The device has various uses, including helping police locate suspects and aiding search-and-rescue.


The Armed Services have been using devices like this to locate terrorists who use cell phones. Once the caller is identified, a Predator UAV strike may follow.

The government says “stingray” is a generic term but Harris Industries markets such a device called the Stingray and a similar device called the Kingfish. The DF equipment is called AmberJack.

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http://cryptogon.com/?p=25044

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