Court Orders Erie County Sheriff to Disclose Use of Stingray Surveillance Device | NYCLU
www .nyclu.org - March 17, 2015 — In a victory for the public’s right to know, a Supreme Court judge in Buffalo this afternoon ruled that the Erie County Sheriff’s Office must disclose public information “stingray"...
"The court today has confirmed that law enforcement cannot hide behind a shroud of secrecy while it is invading the privacy of those it has sworn to protect and serve,” said NYCLU Staff Attorney Mariko Hirose, ...
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Stingrays can collect information on all cell phones in a given area as well as precisely track particular phones, locating people within their own home, at a doctor’s office, at a political protest or in a church. Some stingrays and similar devices are even configured to record private conversations.
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