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Tracking Your Phone: A look into the technology
Cell site simulators were initially used overseas by intelligence agencies and federal law enforcement. Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement also now use the devices, as does the Internal Revenue Service.
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Tracking Your Phone: Legal questions result in plea deals
Sometimes prosecutors have decided to offer plea deals in otherwise strong cases rather than disclose the use of cell site simulators.
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Tracking Your Phone: Secrecy surrounds technology
Although some Maryland agencies have been using cell phone tracking technology for at least a decade, it wasn’t until October 2014 that police in the state were required even to show probable cause to use real-time cell site location information, according to a four-month investigation by Capital News Service.
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Tracking Your Phone: Battlefield technology spotlighted in Maryland courts
This is Part One in the series, “Tracking Your Phone” by the Capital News Service. It examines how police use cell phone simulators to track phones, a practice originally designed for the battlefield, veiled in secrecy, and being challenged in court.
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