Monday, April 13, 2015

StingRay, KingFish

We're betting it's run out of the "Black Site."  EVERYTHING is in the "Black Site!"
  • Cook County prosecutors are being sued to provide records of criminal cases that have involved the use of covert cellphone tracking systems — devices that have drawn the scrutiny of the U.S. Senate and privacy activists.

    Freddy Martinez, a Chicago-area resident in the software industry, brought the lawsuit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, saying the state’s attorney’s office didn’t respond to his efforts to obtain the information through the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

    The lawsuit, filed by attorney Matthew Topic of the law firm Loevy and Loevy, follows a similar one Martinez brought against the Chicago Police Department. So far, the police have revealed to Martinez that they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars since 2005 on cell-site simulators made by the Harris Corp. in Florida. The devices, with names like StingRay and KingFish, capture cellphone signals.

    But the police department is resisting Martinez’s request for documents spelling out exactly how the devices are used. The city has been billed more than $120,000 in legal fees to fight Martinez’s lawsuit.
How do you expect lawyers to make their contributions back to Machine candidates unless they have a pile of money with which to contribute? This sounds like a fishing expedition in order to generate some half-assed plaintiff lawsuits for damages somewhere down the line.

Baltimore PD is involved in a similar lawsuit filed against it, too, but in their case, it looks like the Feds are running the actual towers with signed non-disclosure agreements with Baltimore PD. The Feds are actually dropping cases when pressed by judges to reveal the specifics of the program, leading many to speculate as to what the Feds are actually listening to - terrorist chatter maybe?

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22 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"leading many to speculate as to what the Feds are actually listening to"?

As someone from Chicago, your naivete is touching. They are doing it because they can.

4/13/2015 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, does that mean the firm's actions are tantamount to aiding terrorism by bringing this to light? It sure sounds like it.

Anything for a buck, eh boys?

4/13/2015 05:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There's a special place in hell for the entire loevy clan and I prey it's sooner than later that that ship sets sail. I hope it's rough seas all the way in the form of pain and suffering

4/13/2015 05:49:00 AM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

I hope they aren't listening to me. My chatter will make their teeth chatter.

Now, kees me you fool!!!!

4/13/2015 06:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Ald. I.B. Grafter Gladhander said...

StingRay? KingFish? What's next Sapphire?

Sounds like dey bringin' back Amos and Andy.

We better watch dis' development as dis' could hurt race relations in our great city.

4/13/2015 06:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...



Stingrays are legal. To use one, get a court order and treat it like you would a pen register/warrant.

Non-story.

4/13/2015 08:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Another reason we need a federal national police force. The feds would never invade our privacy this way.

4/13/2015 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Black ops, out of a secret black site, it all sounds familiar.

4/13/2015 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Ald. I.B. Grafter Gladhander said...
StingRay? KingFish? What's next Sapphire?

Sounds like dey bringin' back Amos and Andy.

We better watch dis' development as dis' could hurt race relations in our great city.

4/13/2015 06:46:00 AM


District Attorney: Mr. Brown, you've testified to the sterling character of Mr. Stevens; you've testified that you've known him for a long long time. About how long would that be?

Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown: Oh, fifteen to twenty years.

District Attorney: I see. Now, would you mind telling the court under just what circumstances you met the defendant?

Andrew 'Andy' Hogg Brown: Well, about eighteen years ago at a carnival, I reached into my pocket to get my wallet and shook hands with Mr. Stevens. I found out later that collectin' wallets was just a hobby of his.

4/13/2015 10:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Reformed Snow Bunny said...

Hopefully they'll look at abuse of tracking subordinates. I swear, an old Sgt i worked for shows up everywhere I am. Even off duty! He was a psychotic, controlling lunatic when i worked for him and i see the many "coincidences" are not by chance.

4/13/2015 03:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DEA has also used illicit eavesdropping evidence provided by the NSA. They simply recreate an investigative trail to cover up the true nature of where they obtained specific information about a suspect.

These guys are worse than the STASI of East Germany, IMO.

4/13/2015 04:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

12.88 walmart burner phone!!

4/13/2015 09:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It all goes to Utah anyway.....

4/13/2015 09:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

4/13/2015 09:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Georges knows. Ask him

4/13/2015 10:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought it was called "Triggerfish"?

4/13/2015 11:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Gorgeous Georgas" otherwise known as "Greek Fire". This Greek has been taken care of from Day 1. This wanna be the police really does control the super secret Stingray program. Media that's called a clue.

4/13/2015 11:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is this like Blacklist?

4/13/2015 11:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are these devices available on the open market? Are the cartels, gangs, who knows what listening to us?

So far as I know, no lawyer has been able to subpoena a cop's cell phone records but there have been attempts. Sooner or later...

Also be careful of what you say on the radio, "let 'em bleed", or PDT messages can come back and bite you. The same now can be done with social media so be careful.

4/14/2015 07:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They can't track you if you wear the tin foil hat.

4/14/2015 10:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
They can't track you if you wear the tin foil hat.

4/14/2015 10:51:00 AM


I had a call once from one of those tin foil ball collecting people. His complaint was that people were sneaking in to his room under the front door and playing with his penis at night.

I told him he was lucky, I couldn't get anyone to touch mine.

4/15/2015 12:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Prosecutors drop robbery case to preserve stingray secrecy in St. Louis

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/prosecutors-drop-robbery-case-to-preserve-stingray-secrecy-in-st-louis/

4/20/2015 10:07:00 PM  

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