{"id":141396,"date":"2014-11-03T23:47:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=141396"},"modified":"2014-11-03T23:47:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:47:37","slug":"police-deny-responsibility-stingray-cell-phone-tracker-discovered-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/police-deny-responsibility-stingray-cell-phone-tracker-discovered-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Deny Responsibility After Stingray Cell Phone Tracker Discovered in Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>State and federal law enforcement groups throughout Idaho are remaining tight-lipped after a local mobile security advocate uncovered what appears to be an IMSI catcher, commonly referred to as a Stingray cell phone interceptor, operating in one of the state\u2019s largest cities.<\/h5>\n<p>The local advocate, who discovered signs of the interceptor in Idaho Falls, was able to detect its specific indicators while using a CryptoPhone, a mobile device which warns users of possible cell interception.<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to investigate, Idaho\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/7-investigations\/2014\/11\/03\/7investigates-cell-phone-signal-interception\/18393209\/\" target=\"_blank\">KTVB 7 News<\/a> reached out to several law enforcement agencies in the Treasure Valley area in an effort to determine the device\u2019s owner. Although no agency in the area would admit to owning a Stingray, one major police department in the state did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA spokesperson with the Boise Police Department says they use something like it when trying to track down suspects,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/7-investigations\/2014\/11\/03\/7investigates-cell-phone-signal-interception\/18393209\/\" target=\"_blank\">KTVB 7\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2s <\/a><span class=\"asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/7-investigations\/2014\/11\/03\/7investigates-cell-phone-signal-interception\/18393209\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tami Tremblay<\/a> wrote.<\/span> \u201cA regional FBI agent would only tell us the Stingray is a sensitive technique so no one will discuss how it\u2019s used.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"expresscurate_source\">\n<p>Read more <a class=\"expresscurated\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/police-deny-responsibility-after-stingray-cell-phone-tracker-discovered-in-idaho\/\" data-curated-url=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/police-deny-responsibility-after-stingray-cell-phone-tracker-discovered-in-idaho\/\">http:\/\/www.infowars.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State and federal law enforcement groups throughout Idaho are remaining tight-lipped after a local mobile security advocate uncovered what appears to be an IMSI catcher, commonly referred to as a Stingray cell phone interceptor, operating in one of the state\u2019s largest cities. The local advocate, who discovered signs of the interceptor in Idaho Falls, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,1616],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-141396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-usa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}