Last month, the U.S. gov't asked a court to allow it to use a cell-site simulator, or "stingray," to track a criminal in Ohio. In a rare rebuke, the court denied the warrant, saying it would have also allowed the feds monitor the locations of nearby private citizens "at all times for thirty days."
U.S. judge denied feds a month-long warrant to snoop on the phones of thousands of Ohio residentsThe magistrate judge's decision offers a rare view into how the government seeks to use cell-site simulators during law enforcement investigations.this.weekinsecurity.com