RCMP & Stingrays

RCMP can spy on your cellphone, court records reveal

A judge today lifted a publication ban on details surrounding the shooting death of Salvatore (Sal the Ironworker) Montagna, a high-ranking member of a New York crime family killed outside Montreal in 2011.
Court records in the Montreal-area case show that Mounties used wireless signal catchers to target suspects' BlackBerrys. They used that information to intercept and unscramble BlackBerry PIN-to-PIN messages as part of a huge organized crime investigation that this spring resulted in the conviction of alleged mobsters in a murder conspiracy.
The media can now report that the RCMP has a "Covert Intercept Unit" that has been relying on "mobile device interceptors" to identify smartphones, the court records state.


(Stingray is a device that pretends to be a cell phone tower , used by law enforcement in USA and Canada)


Just a reminder to all, your phone is not really YOUR PHONE , and yes, there are people listening in on you. Probably you should limit your calls to "meet you at the coffee shop" or some such.  Something I've said before many times, but hey , it's nice that there's evidence.

And to those who think Hey , those were mobsters they deserved what they got ! , I would like to point to the Ottawa police officer who impersonated a panhandler , and when a driver undid his seat belt and gave the guy a coin , he got a 100+ $ ticket. (Apparently a lot of them did )

You really want the cops listening in on you , ticket book ready , everytime you say somethingin a private conversation ?