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Cell-Site Simulator Proposal: A Glimpse Inside the Black Box Whose Secrets Are Protected by NDAs and Obfuscation
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2024
by Michael Thompson
published in Criminal Legal News
December, 2024, page 47
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Cell-Site-Location Records,
Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI").
Location:
United States of America.
by Michael Dean Thompson
The cell-site simulator (“CSS”) is a powerful and largely unregulated device once designed for military intelligence use that has found its way onto the streets of the U.S. Today, in fact, it is even being offered to policing agencies pre-installed on unmarked police vehicles. The system ...
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