Ventura County Sheriff's Office: Cell-site Simulator
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO
| Agency | Ventura County Sheriff's Office |
| Location | Ventura, CA |
| Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
| Vendor |
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2011, according data compiled by Kevin Collier for Vocativ.
Links
News article (Vocativ)
News article (Kevin Collier)
Nonprofit report (Center For Human Rights and Privacy)
Other (www.documentcloud.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.
A Harris Corporation Stingray II cell-site simulator.
Credit: USPTO