[Infowarrior] - Judges impose rare, stricter requirement for “stingray” use by police

[Richard Forno]

Judges impose rare, stricter requirement for “stingray” use by police

Washington judges: Locals cops must not collect data from innocent people.

by Cyrus Farivar - Nov 17 2014, 9:30am EST


Previously, as is the case nearly everywhere else in the country, law enforcement would go to a judge asking for a "pen register, trap and trace" order, which in the pre-cellphone era allowed law enforcement to obtain someone's calling metadata in near real-time. Now, that same data can be gathered directly by the cops themselves through the use of a stingray used against mobile phones. Stingrays, however, also can be used to intercept calls and text messages, and the stingray doesn't only work against one target phone but also against other phones that may happen to be nearby.

The new, more stringent standard is unusual among American courts.

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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/judges-impose-rare-stricter-requirement-for-stingray-use-by-police/

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