Enlarge / Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol January 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. (credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has sent a new letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking for more information about stingrays, also known as cell-site simulators. As Ars has reported for years, stingrays […]
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ICE: We don’t use stingrays to locate undocumented immigrants
Enlarge / Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seen here during a February 2016 Senate hearing. (credit: Al Drago/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images News) The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency charged with deportations, has confirmed in a new letter that it does not use cell-site simulators, […]
Albuquerque police refuse to say if they have stingrays, so ACLU sues
Enlarge (credit: Rescuenav) The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has sued the city of Albuquerque, seeking records by the city’s police department about its use of stingrays, also known as cell-site simulators. In May 2017, the ACLU of New Mexico filed a public records request to the Albuquerque Police Department (which has been […]