Cops Use This to Snoop on Your Phone

SURVEILLANCE STATE

Brian Knappenberger, the director behind Pivot’s investigative docu-series Truth and Power (Fridays at 10 p.m. ET) on the dangers of cell phone surveillance and the StingRay, a spying device used by police.

Published Mar. 13 2016 12:01AM EST

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Daniel Rigmaiden was arrested in August 2008 for using the identities of deceased individuals and automated software to commit tax fraud. But it was in jail working on his legal defense where he found a document containing a word that would change his life: StingRay.

Rigmaiden knew the reason he was...

Brian Knappenberger

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Cops Use This to Snoop on Your Phone

Brian Knappenberger, the director behind Pivot’s investigative docu-series Truth and Power (Fridays at 10 p.m. ET) on the dangers of cell phone surveillance and the StingRay, a spying device used by police.

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Brian Knappenberger