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Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones
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NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
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The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data
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Police say GPS tag darts can eliminate need for dangerous high-speed chases
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Cops can extract data from 10k different car models’ infotainment systems
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Fog Revealed: A guided tour of how cops can browse your location data
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The Manual for the Mass Surveillance Tool Cops Use to Track Phones
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Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused
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Why bother with warrants when cops can buy location data for under $10k?
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New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone location data tracking
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Coinbase is reportedly selling geolocation data to ICE
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Mystery GPS Tracker on a Supporter’s Car
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SeaGlass: City-Wide IMSI-Catcher Detection (2017)
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A CBP contract shows the risks in connecting your vehicle and your smartphone
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Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants
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CBP Refuses to Tell Congress How It Is Tracking Americans Without a Warrant
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The IRS is being investigated for using location data without a warrant
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Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly track your phone
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EFF’s new database reveals what tech local police are using to spy on you
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Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by Tamoco
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FCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data
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‘Locate X’ allows federal law enforcement to track phones without warrants
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Unaccountable system for cellphone tracking often abused by police
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How a “location API” allows cops to figure out where we all are in real-time
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Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again
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SeaGlass – Enabling City-Wide IMSI-Catcher Detection
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Cellphone Spy Tools Have Flooded Local Police Departments
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How Police and Courts are Misusing Unreliable IP Address Information [pdf]
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California Police Used Stingrays in Planes to Spy on Phones
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Cell-Site Simulators Aren’t Secret Anymore
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Tracking Bluetooth Skimmers in Mexico, Part II
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Tracking a Bluetooth Skimmer Gang in Mexico (Part I)
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Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK'
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NY Cops Used ‘Stingray’ Spy Tool 46 Times Without Warrant
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Tracking Device Teardown
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Devices being remotely wiped in police custody
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Stingray, the fake cell phone tower
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You Are a Rogue Device (2013)
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Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at feds’ request
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Help MuckRock crowd-FOIA Stingray usage around the country
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Boston policemen complain about new plan to watch their movements
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Police Are Using Phone Tracking As A Routine Tool
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FBI: Carrier IQ files used for "law enforcement purposes"
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FBI Tracking Device Teardown
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SSD firmware destroys digital evidence, researchers find
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Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from space
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Texas State Police Gear Up for Expansion of Surveillance Tech
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