On: Stingrays and Dirtboxes: how cops can secretly tra...

[Mirioron]

What happens when they are used in countries with fewer protections to individuals than the US?

[aerostable_slug → Mirioron]

You get assassinated by mercenary teams made up of former special operations soldiers & sailors.[0]

0: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-...

[Sudophysics → Mirioron]

Well, use your imagination duh.

[mtgx → Mirioron]

The bar is already pretty low in the US. The FBI has trained cops to hide the use of stingrays from judges, so who really knows how many times these were illegally used to incriminate someone while telling judges they got anonymous tips or whatever.

[8note → mtgx]

So is it possible to set up spying on stingrays, then get them brought up on perjury charges when they say it's from anonymous tips?