[ NNSquad ] Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight

http://j.mp/10Px0Kh  (Wired)

   "A legal fight over the government's use of a secret surveillance tool
    has provided new insight into how the controversial tool works and the
    extent to which Verizon Wireless aided federal agents in using it to
    track a suspect.  Court documents in a case involving accused identity
    thief Daniel David Rigmaiden describe how the wireless provider
    reached out remotely to reprogram an air card the suspect was using in
    order to make it communicate with the government's surveillance tool
    so that he could be located."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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