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  2. Carr wants to know why FCC won't allow prison cell phone jamming

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    (The Center Square) – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr wants to know why the Federal Communications Commission will not let law enforcement jam prison and jail cell phones. Cellphones are not ...

  3. Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, a prison in Bristol added telephones and computers which were not connected to the internet into the prison cells in an attempt to combat illegal mobile phone usage. [24] [25] The UK Parliament passed a law which would allow mobile phone operators to jam cell phone signals in prisons later that year. The legislation also enabled prison ...

  4. Mobile phone jammer - Wikipedia

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    Example of a mobile phone jammer, produced by Jammerspro. A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from transmitting ...

  5. Stingray phone tracker - Wikipedia

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    The boosting of power, however, is limited by the design of the devices to a maximum setting. The standard systems are not "high power" and thus can be overpowered by secret systems using much more boosted power that can then take over a user's cell phone. If overpowered that way, a cell phone will not indicate the change due to the secret ...

  6. Prison phone jamming demo canceled, inmates promptly order ...

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    There's been a little bit of drama brewing out in DC lately, and for good reason: prisoners' ability to order pizza, drugs, and hits from the comfort of their cells is at risk. After ordering an ...

  7. Review: An Arkansas Jail Unlocked the Cells. Did it Work? - AOL

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    A new Netflix documentary series shows what happened when inmates were free to roam the cellblock with no guards in sight.

  8. IMSI-catcher - Wikipedia

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    A virtual base transceiver station (VBTS) [5] is a device for identifying the temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI), international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a nearby GSM mobile phone and intercepting its calls, some are even advanced enough to detect the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI).

  9. Radio jamming - Wikipedia

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    Radio jamming is the deliberate blocking of or interference with wireless communications. [1] [2] In some cases, jammers work by the transmission of radio signals that disrupt telecommunications by decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio. [3] The concept can be used in wireless data networks to disrupt information flow. [4]