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Feds Used Fake Cell Towers to Track Journalist and Producer

Original: Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer Investigators also sought permission to use

Federal investigators obtained warrants to use cell-site simulators — devices that mimic cell towers to track phones — while hunting down a producer for Don Lemon. Investigators also sought permission to use the invasive surveillance tool against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. The revelations are raising fresh concerns about the use of stingray technology against members of the press and political figures.

Why now: Newly revealed warrants show surveillance tools were aimed at journalists and a political candidate, fueling press-freedom and privacy concerns

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• Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. https://www.… · techwire@gamefan.net · 1

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