UK Police Won't Comment On The Tracking of People's Phone Calls 52
Daniel_Stuckey writes You've maybe heard a bit about Stingray. Over the past couple of years, it has emerged that police forces in the US have been using the powerful surveillance tool, which tricks phones into connecting to a dragnet, to track mobile devices, and intercept calls and text messages. Meanwhile, the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) continue to remain tight lipped about their use of the technology, leaving citizens in the dark on what privacy protections, if any, are in place for those who may get swept up by the broad surveillance techniques.
Re:Use a Cell ID identifier on a phone (Score:5, Interesting)
Even if it is happening at cell tower level, who's to say they don't just duplicate a cell ID?