▲ 104 ▼ Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower may have surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility (san.com) submitted 10 months ago by ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org to c/usa@midwest.social 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43912468
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) i remember this being reported a while back on reddit, people noticed these fake towers all over the place. but it never got any other media attention. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago Because they are only temporarily setup and most people don't know what they are, what they do or that they even exist. It's almost become normal because not many people know about them. Police just come in, setup a tower, intercept everyone's cell signal and get to collect free data on everyone without any encrypted communication. All those SMS texts just get throw around without any encryption for anyone to read if its going through their tower. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago Because they are only temporarily setup and most people don't know what they are, what they do or that they even exist. It's almost become normal because not many people know about them. Police just come in, setup a tower, intercept everyone's cell signal and get to collect free data on everyone without any encrypted communication. All those SMS texts just get throw around without any encryption for anyone to read if its going through their tower. permalink fedilink source parent