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“Using an advanced surveillance capability such as a cell-site simulator against members of the free press for reporting stories that are unfavorable to the president is an appalling attack on the First Amendment,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @wired.com.

wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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Using EFF’s Rayhunter open-source software, @WIRED.com found evidence suggesting a cell-site simulator was deployed near the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, though who operated it and for what purpose remain unknown. You can use Rayhunter, too.

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