Search And Rescue teams should carry "Stingray" mobile cell towers with them to locate missing persons in the wilderness. Any phone in range would try to connect with them.
I had that idea years ago. They could mount one in a chopper and once they get a ping, crank down the range to quickly narrow the search. But of course we wouldn't want to use Stingrays for saving lives when they're much more useful for spying on everyone.
But of course we wouldn't want to use Stingrays for saving lives when they're much more useful for spying on everyone.
Those two uses are not mutually exclusive. In fact, the former facilitates the latter. Law enforcement can justify the procurement and deployment of a Stingray for search and rescue, and then use it for spying on the boyfriend of their ex-wife when there is no SAR in progress. They could use the same argument to justify the drone it is mounted on.
Yes, because it's much too difficult to actually put the link to the story in the fine summary. They've tried it for 15+ years and it's been obvious that the technique didn't work so we need to come up with something new. Something edgy, like making the link obscure.
Oh, for those that are reading challenged, the above was sarcasm.
I had that idea years ago. They could mount one in a chopper and once they get a ping, crank down the range to quickly narrow the search. But of course we wouldn't want to use Stingrays for saving lives when they're much more useful for spying on everyone.
But of course we wouldn't want to use Stingrays for saving lives when they're much more useful for spying on everyone.
Those two uses are not mutually exclusive. In fact, the former facilitates the latter. Law enforcement can justify the procurement and deployment of a Stingray for search and rescue, and then use it for spying on the boyfriend of their ex-wife when there is no SAR in progress. They could use the same argument to justify the drone it is mounted on.
And how does it reveal your location?
Does this mean some kind of peer-to-peer WiFi or Bluetooth? I don't understand.
If it's cellular, then the phone is either reachable or it isn't, that doesn't change based upon how near you are to the other phone.
Are they saying they just used a built-in location service to find it?
Yes, because it's much too difficult to actually put the link to the story in the fine summary. They've tried it for 15+ years and it's been obvious that the technique didn't work so we need to come up with something new. Something edgy, like making the link obscure.
Oh, for those that are reading challenged, the above was sarcasm.