cell phones
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ICE Says It Doesn’t Track Down Undocumented Immigrants Using ‘Stingray’ Devices
Photo: AP Acting head of US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan told US Senator Ron Wyden the agency does not use cell-site simulators — a type of surveillance gear often referred to as a “Stingray” that can track down a specific mobile device by emulating mobile phone towers — to locate undocumented immigrants.
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These Self-Assembling Phones Are Refreshingly Low Tech
MIT’s self-assembly lab has created mobile phones that build themselves, in a manner of speaking. There’s no fancy nano- or bio- technology involved, nothing theoretical or suggestive of a near-future Singularity. It’s devilishly simple, because the whole project boils down to throwing phone parts into a rock tumbler.
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Watch Five Minutes Solid Of Louis C.K. On Mobile Phones
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This Website Lets You Study Mobile Phone Use In Cities Around The World
Mobile phone data can provide a rich source of information for understanding human activity. Now, researchers from MIT have built a tool that visualizes mobile phone use in cities around the world, for any of us to study.