The United States Marshals Service reportedly is grabbing data from thousands, if not millions, of Americans’ cellphones using high-tech devices deployed on five Cessnas. The aircraft operate out of at least five metro-area airports and apparently can cover most of the U.S. population. They are equipped with DRT boxes, popularly known as “dirtboxes,” made by a subsidiary of Boeing. The DRT boxes gather the IMSI numbers — a cellphone’s unique identifier — and geolocation data from all cellphones within their range.
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US Marshals Have Their Own Cellphone Data Slurpfest
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 18, 2014 07:15 AMThe United States Marshals Service reportedly is grabbing data from thousands, if not millions, of Americans’ cellphones using high-tech devices deployed on five Cessnas. The aircraft operate out of at least five metro-area airports and apparently can cover most of the U.S. population. They are equipped with DRT boxes, popularly known as “dirtboxes,” made by a subsidiary of Boeing. The DRT boxes gather the IMSI numbers — a cellphone’s unique identifier — and geolocation data from all cellphones within their range.