Friday, November 14, 2014

Report: U.S. government uses airplanes to collect data from cellphone calls

Better be careful where you go, and what you do while on your cellphone. The government could be picking up data from your conversation. A report published on Friday, says that the Justice Department is using small airplanes that pretend to act as cell towers, to grab information from cellphone conversations. This top secret plan has been in effect since 2007, and uses specially equipped Cessna planes flown out of five airports to cover the nation.



Inside the planes, special equipment called "dirtboxes," is used to trick a cellphone into thinking that it is connecting with a cell tower. ...



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