One of the most troubling uses of surveillance technology in recent years has been the explosion of stingray devices. Stingrays are fake cell phone towers that can be deployed by law enforcement to ...

The ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed an amicus brief in what will be the first case in the country to address the constitutional implications of a so-called “stingray,” a little ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An effort is underway to limit the police use of secret recording technology to gain access to your cellphone. Picture this: You're texting a friend. You're not aware that police are ...

New documents obtained by the ACLU of Northern California appear to show the Florida-based Harris Corporation misleading the Federal Communications Commission while seeking authorization to sell its ...

The stingray simulates a telephone mast and forces mobile phones in the immediate vicinity to connect to it instead of the actual mast. Once it connects, the device captures the phone’s exact location ...

In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks of nearly two years ago, the NSA, FBI, and even local police have hammered a consistent drumbeat of trust. Time and time again, at every level of government, ...

Tucson police no longer use controversial cellphone-tracking devices in investigations and haven’t for more than two years. The devices, the subject of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the Tucson ...

I was a senior in high school when I attended my first protest, in November 2003. It was in Miami, at a conference to discuss the proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA), an agreement ...