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A Stingray is a cellular phone surveillance device that mimics a wireless carrier cell tower to intercept communications data or metadata from nearby devices. Learn about its technology, active and passive modes, and legal issues in different countries.
Learn about the history, legal issues and cases of stingrays, devices that mimic cell phone towers to track phones. Find out how stingrays are used by federal and local police in the US and how they affect civil liberties.
Learn about cellphone surveillance techniques, such as tower dumps, StingRay devices, Dirtbox, and cellphone spying software. Tower dumps are the sharing of identifying information by a cell tower operator that can be used to track individuals.
Burner is a mobile app that lets users create temporary phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada for privacy and convenience. It was launched in 2012 by Ad Hoc Labs, a Los Angeles-based software startup, and has features like VoIP calls, SMS messages, and third-party integrations.
Learn about the history and usage of fictitious telephone numbers, especially the common (XXX) 555-xxxx format in North America. Find out how some fictitious numbers have become real or famous in movies, music and culture.
An IMSI-catcher is a fake mobile tower that intercepts mobile phone traffic and location data of users. It exploits a security hole in GSM and can be used by law enforcement or intelligence agencies, but also raises privacy concerns.
Learn about the branch of digital forensics that recovers data from mobile devices under forensically sound conditions. Find out the history, challenges, tools, and types of evidence of mobile device forensics.
Learn how photography and videography captured the September 11 attacks of 2001, and how the media were used for identification, investigation and history. See examples of well-known images and videos, and the controversies and awards they received.