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Police Conduct Warrantless Surveillance with Stingrays and Fudge Facts When Confronted

Police use “cell site simulators” to gather cellphone data and it’s rarely done under the authority of a warrant. Nondisclosure agreements local police sign at the behest of the federal government mean cops are regularly less than truthful when confronted in court. Nathan Freed Wessler of the ACLU discusses his work to try to learn what exactly is going on.

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Nathan Wessler

Deputy Director, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, American Civil Liberties Union

Caleb O. Brown

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute