US police SUVs can sweep up every nearby phone signal
Key takeaways:
Cognyte's Israeli-made FalcoNet devices mimic cell towers, forcing nearby phones to connect and reveal location data
FalcoNet can’t selectively ignore phones that don’t belong to a suspect. It just sweeps all devices in the vicinity into the same signal
Courts are pushing back, ruling that mass phone tracking without consent may violate Fourth Amendment privacy protections
Key Takeaways by nexos.ai, reviewed by Cybernews staff.
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