What has the LAPD done now? According to L.A. Weekly, the police have used the supposedly terror investigation only StingRay technology and spied upon non-suspects.
Seeing tapped phones
The LAPD has been getting some heat recently for inappropriate use of StingRay cellular phone technology. The technology was only supposed to be used in terrorism cases, but it turns out that is not all the LAPD was doing. In fact, of the 155 StingRay cases from last year between June and September, 13 percent exposed innocent non-suspects. The LAPD officials have not commented on the technology and whether or not it was used illegally, but it was specifically given to them in 2006 with subsidies from the federal Department of Homeland Security in order to track terrorism. It has been found that the technology is used in many burglary, murder and narcotic cases as well.
The LAPD guides do not make it clear if this kind of StingRay use is allowed legally without an order from a judge, according to First Amendment Coalition executive director Peter Scheer. He also notes that he does not think it should be allowed. Those who use the technology say it is impossible to avoid everybody else when in proximity to a suspect, so people should not be offended.
No court order required
Civic privileges activists do not like the StingRay technology because it used to be that regulators had to get permission before they could use technology such as it. Now, regulators can carry around the StingRay technology and use it in secret if they want to.
Privacy laws should be considered
At this juncture, there's still a great deal of disagreement over StingRay's place amongst privacy regulations. The sophistication of the technology has put it ahead of the judicial curve, and ACLU attorneys like Linda Lye see StingRay as something that demands legal reassessment, as the potential for privacy violations is tremendous.
Seeing tapped phones
The LAPD has been getting some heat recently for inappropriate use of StingRay cellular phone technology. The technology was only supposed to be used in terrorism cases, but it turns out that is not all the LAPD was doing. In fact, of the 155 StingRay cases from last year between June and September, 13 percent exposed innocent non-suspects. The LAPD officials have not commented on the technology and whether or not it was used illegally, but it was specifically given to them in 2006 with subsidies from the federal Department of Homeland Security in order to track terrorism. It has been found that the technology is used in many burglary, murder and narcotic cases as well.
The LAPD guides do not make it clear if this kind of StingRay use is allowed legally without an order from a judge, according to First Amendment Coalition executive director Peter Scheer. He also notes that he does not think it should be allowed. Those who use the technology say it is impossible to avoid everybody else when in proximity to a suspect, so people should not be offended.
No court order required
Civic privileges activists do not like the StingRay technology because it used to be that regulators had to get permission before they could use technology such as it. Now, regulators can carry around the StingRay technology and use it in secret if they want to.
Privacy laws should be considered
At this juncture, there's still a great deal of disagreement over StingRay's place amongst privacy regulations. The sophistication of the technology has put it ahead of the judicial curve, and ACLU attorneys like Linda Lye see StingRay as something that demands legal reassessment, as the potential for privacy violations is tremendous.
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