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Bluetooth Surveillance Tool Added to List of Known Cache of DHS’ Surveillance Technology
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2024
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
August, 2024, page None
Filed under:
Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI"),
Application,
Electronic Communictions Privacy Act.
Location:
United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has an impressive cache of surveillance technology that includes, inter alia, automated license plate readers (“ALPR”) and cell-site simulators (“CSS”). The latest tracking and surveillance revelation is that DHS and other law enforcement agencies have been using TraffiCatch since 2019.
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