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Recently, Straight Arrow News detailed how a device known as an IMSI catcher may have been used to collect people's information on cell phones at a July 4 protest at a Washington state ICE field office. An IMSI catcher is a cell-site simulator that mimics a cell tower. It can make a connection with cell phones as far as a third of a mile away, and then trick them into revealing their IMSI, or International Mobile Subscriber Identity.
This was discovered because of an analysis of mobile network anomalies detected at the protest site.
Federal law enforcement can only use IMSI catchers without a warrant in "exigent" or "exceptional circumstances," per a report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general from 2023. Circumstances include immediate threats to national security or situations where someone is in serious danger. The inspector general's report stated that ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit and the Secret Service had used the devices for surveillance without getting the proper court approvals first.
Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, previously told SAN using such a device "to identify or track people exercising their First Amendment right to protest would raise grave concerns."
"There is good reason why courts have held that this invasive technology can only be used in limited circumstances after securing a valid warrant," Wessler said to SAN. "If evidence were to show these devices being targeted at protesters, the government would have a lot to answer for."
Местные валсти также передают информацию- про номера прав, адреса, номера машин и тп. Хотя по закону обязаны охранять эти данные.
A Washington state agency, the Department of Licensing, provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies with access to private driver's license and vehicle information, KING 5 said in a report published on Friday, July 11. This is the case even though Washington has laws in place prohibiting local agencies from sharing personal data with the federal government if they're using it for deportations.
Recently, Straight Arrow News detailed how a device known as an IMSI catcher may have been used to collect people's information on cell phones at a July 4 protest at a Washington state ICE field office. An IMSI catcher is a cell-site simulator that mimics a cell tower. It can make a connection with cell phones as far as a third of a mile away, and then trick them into revealing their IMSI, or International Mobile Subscriber Identity.
This was discovered because of an analysis of mobile network anomalies detected at the protest site.
Federal law enforcement can only use IMSI catchers without a warrant in "exigent" or "exceptional circumstances," per a report by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general from 2023. Circumstances include immediate threats to national security or situations where someone is in serious danger. The inspector general's report stated that ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit and the Secret Service had used the devices for surveillance without getting the proper court approvals first.
Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, previously told SAN using such a device "to identify or track people exercising their First Amendment right to protest would raise grave concerns."
"There is good reason why courts have held that this invasive technology can only be used in limited circumstances after securing a valid warrant," Wessler said to SAN. "If evidence were to show these devices being targeted at protesters, the government would have a lot to answer for."
Местные валсти также передают информацию- про номера прав, адреса, номера машин и тп. Хотя по закону обязаны охранять эти данные.
A Washington state agency, the Department of Licensing, provided Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies with access to private driver's license and vehicle information, KING 5 said in a report published on Friday, July 11. This is the case even though Washington has laws in place prohibiting local agencies from sharing personal data with the federal government if they're using it for deportations.