Baltimore is under the local microscope for its use of the “stingray” but now the cellphone-tracking tech is catching the attention of the state.
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh filed a brief this week arguing that the Baltimore Police Department’suse of the stingray was allowed. Frosh’s brief addresses the case of Kerron Andrews, who is arguing that attempted murder charges should be dropped because police used the device to track him down.
As first reported by Vice’s Motherboard, Frosh’s argument amounts to this: You’re asking to be tracked just by having a cellphone.
Read more at Techncial.ly Baltimore
from http://baltimoretech.org/news/maryland-attorney-general-turn-off-your-phone-if-you-dont-want-it-tracked/
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