Here is it working in action while law enforcement is flying a spy plane arouns a neighborhood
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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What is the correct hardware?
Any of the 5 or 6 cheap wireless hotspots listed in the link in the article.
Probably should have read the article hahahah. Thanks.
It's been tested at actual protests FYI. It works.
Use your imagination what that means you can do when you find one.
In case you, like me, were wondering wtf stingrays are (besides a type of fish). This is from their report :
Cell-site simulators, also known as "Stingrays" or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower.
Cell-site simulators operate by conducting a general search of all cell phones within the device’s radius, in violation of basic constitutional protections. Law enforcement use cell-site simulators to pinpoint the location of phones with greater accuracy than phone companies. Cell-site simulators can also log IMSI numbers (unique identifying numbers) of all of the mobile devices within a given area.
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The fact that government agencies are using these devices without the utmost consideration for the privacy and rights of individuals around them is alarming but not surprising. The federal government, and in particular agencies like HSI and ICE, have a dubious and troubling relationship with overbroad collection of private data on individuals.
When someone finds one of these simulators, what would they do?
Whatever you do, you shouldn't accidentally spill saltwater on it. That could destroy a very expensive piece of spying equipment, and would be a terrible, tragic accident that could interfere with the advance of nazism.
Based on this link, the proper thing to do should be to report it to the FCC. I am not sure how much Trump's FCC will pay attention to the report, though....
Report it to your favorite news media ig
Also alert your friends/colleagues that there are IMEI/IMSI scanners at the event, so that they can prepare accordingly by leaving their phone at home, putting it in a farraday bag, etc.
It doesn't matter if there are IMSI catchers or not, they should be leaving their phones at home.
Find your anarchist friend with excess radio equipment and let them know.
What if the cops have a trace buster buster?
Then you would just wanna bring along your trace buster buster buster.
Who are you calling buster, buster?
Hey, I'm not your buster, guy.
Who you calling "guy", champ?
Always crazy seeing a The Big Hit reference in the wild
[Busta Rhymes enters the chat]
FLIP MODE!
PUT YA HANDS WHERE MY EYES CAN SEE
Fucking cool, and also remember to leave your phone at home, or at least on airplane mode.
Modern phones will still ping the Bluetooth low energy networks like Find My for Apple devices even when off or on airplane mode. That’s how things like AirTags work.
In airplane mode and even while turned off, phones have been known to still transmit data via background services. Leaving it behind, or a Faraday bag are the only assured options I'm aware of
Cool