Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
The short version: STS Technologies spotlights EFF's open-source RayHunter tool for sniffing out Stingrays, a reminder that license plate readers are just one piece of the surveillance dragnet.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: STS Technologies LLC is putting a spotlight on RayHunter, the EFF's open-source tool that watches your cellular baseband for the tell-tale signs of an IMSI catcher or Stingray pretending to be a legitimate cell tower. That these devices still roam free in American cities, scooping up phone identifiers without a warrant, is the same rot we track with ALPRs — opaque tech deployed first, oversight demanded later, if ever.
We'd rather see people flash their own Orbic devices with the free RayHunter firmware than pay a markup for a 'professionally installed' version, but the core message lands: cheap, DIY detection tools are shifting some power back to ordinary people who never consented to being tracked, whether by a fake cell tower or a camera bolted to a stop sign.
If Stingrays bother you, license plate readers should too — they're running in your neighborhood right now, often without a council vote or a public hearing. Check our camera map to see what's nearby, and hit take action for ways to push back on both kinds of surveillance.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of STS Technologies LLC, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.