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drm604

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10. Why haven't they been reported to the FCC?

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 04:24 PM

Sep 2014

It has to be illegal, right? Report them to the FCC and they'll shut them down and prosecute the owners.

If they don't shut them down, then you've discovered that the government is either the owner or protecting the owner. At which point you can start asking tough questions and threatening lawsuits.

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Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over The US [View all] Blue_Tires Sep 2014 OP

Thank you very much JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #1

Whelp, got my head shaking wtf for the day. Lars39 Sep 2014 #2

I would trust this more if it wasn't coming from the company selling the CryptoPhone 500 FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #3

+1 ThoughtCriminal Sep 2014 #7

Cops use the fake towers too. The device is called Stingray. Its' existence isn't news. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #9

Proof!! WovenGems Sep 2014 #15

No, it's documentig their widespread domestic use. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #17

War on terra - meaning "set one up in the parking lot of a Phish concert, and wait for a person Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #29

Protests I'm sure. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #36

Great link--very informative. They have "rolling" versions too...who knew????? nt MADem Sep 2014 #51

I suspect ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #11

Yes indeed--sounds like they're trying to create a market for their product... nt MADem Sep 2014 #50

well people should know better and only use landlines and speak in tongues to each other. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #4

You remind me that many years ago SheilaT Sep 2014 #16

LOL. i was just being facetious La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #18

Oh, yes, I know, which is exactly why I thought of the long-ago French conversations. SheilaT Sep 2014 #19

It is rather a serious problem that Goldsmith states, "Is it jsut the US military?" truedelphi Sep 2014 #5

Authoritarian-Totalitarian State too Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #8

imagine how much it must cost to build a fake cell tower nashville_brook Sep 2014 #6

Why haven't they been reported to the FCC? drm604 Sep 2014 #10

I think it is pretty clear that this is the Feds underpants Sep 2014 #13

It's local police, see post #21. nt bananas Sep 2014 #22

D'oh! underpants Sep 2014 #34

No, it's a marketing gimmick by ESD America Recursion Sep 2014 #45

Assuming this is real and not marketing, I'm guessing China Recursion Sep 2014 #46

They're from space. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #12

NSA, who else. Autumn Sep 2014 #14

Not the NSA, these are local police operations bananas Sep 2014 #21

That's life in a fascist police state. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #38

Thanks for that link dreamnightwind Sep 2014 #42

If you want to attract a crowd in any rural area, just show up with a surveyor's transit - hedgehog Sep 2014 #20

If the trucks and crews looked like some form of utility services Ford_Prefect Sep 2014 #25

Are you kidding me? Landowners with a right of way cutting their property hedgehog Sep 2014 #27

Ever read the Purloined Letter? Android3.14 Sep 2014 #26

I'm not talking about people driving by, I'm talking about near-by land owners. hedgehog Sep 2014 #30

They are unobtrusive compared to other cell towers Android3.14 Sep 2014 #37

Did you notice when your legitimate cell "tower" went in? Or were it is? Thor_MN Sep 2014 #28

Now, that I could believe. hedgehog Sep 2014 #31

A lot of them are disguised as trees - seriously! bananas Sep 2014 #40

Where I live in MD, there is a "Fir" tree cell tower nearby. I had to double-take when I first saw justiceischeap Sep 2014 #41

Interesting! Because I noticed a fake palm tree just off the 10 in Los Angeles... cui bono Sep 2014 #47

According to the link in this thread, they have portable/rolling versions of this thing, too. nt MADem Sep 2014 #52

I am really starting to think that hifiguy Sep 2014 #23

Works for me! Earth_First Sep 2014 #33

Just do what they do to the speeding ticket cameras in the UK. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #24

Hayduke Lives! jtuck004 Sep 2014 #32

This guy always seems to know something. randome Sep 2014 #35

stop taking nude selfies... quadrature Sep 2014 #39

k & r & thanks for posting! nt wildbilln864 Sep 2014 #43

You mean, "guy who sells phone firmware claims... Recursion Sep 2014 #44

Just to be clear, what's being discussed are NOT actual, physical, cell-phone towers, cheapdate Sep 2014 #48

A few questions on Cryptophones though... cascadiance Sep 2014 #49

Is a land line a good idea? oldandhappy Sep 2014 #53