DOJ reportedly using fake aircraft-mounted cell towers to spy on mobile phones

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By Cody LeeNov 14, 2014, 5:32 am880 pts
The US Department of Justice is installing equipment on airplanes that masquerades as a cell phone tower in order to gather mobile phone data, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The program’s goal is to identify criminals, but each plane is capable of collecting data from thousands of…

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