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Criminal suspects challenge legality of warrantless cellphone tracking
Four men charged in federal court with attempted murder in the shooting of an Oakland, California, police officer in 2013 are seeking to have evidence – including the officer’s gun, which was found at...
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Chicago and Los Angeles have used ‘dirt box’ surveillance for a decade
The Los Angeles and Chicago police departments have acquired “dirt boxes” – military surveillance technology that can intercept data, calls and text messages from hundreds of cellphones...
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What you need to know about new federal rules on surveillance
Digital Receiver Technology’s cell-site simulator – also known as a DRT box – is one of the surveillance devices used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S.Credit: Serhat Akavci/Shutterstock.com...
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New York police tracked cellphones across East Coast without warrants
The New York Police Department has used controversial cellphone tracking technology over a thousand times since 2008 and appears to have farmed out the devices to law enforcement agencies up and down...
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