Baltimore Police Department: Cell-site Simulator
Agency | Baltimore Police Department |
Location | Baltimore, MD |
Technology | Cell-site Simulator |
Vendor |
The Baltimore Police Department has used cell-site simulators since 2006.
Links
News article (GCN)
News article (Vocativ)
News article (Capital News Service)
Other (www.baltimoresun.com)
Other (github.com)
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.