New York State Police: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | New York State Police |
Location | Albany, NY |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor |
The New York State Police acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2005, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.
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News article (Vocativ)
News article (Kevin Collier)
Other (www.nyclu.org)
More about this technology
Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.