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lkdjjdjjjdskjd on Dec 27, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Block Stingray Devices

Is that relevant, if your apps only communicate with encrypted messages (https only and so on)?

r3bl on Dec 27, 2018 [–]

Yes. For example, stingrays could still locate your phone and deny you service.

jpmattia on Dec 27, 2018 | [–]

Isn't that also true for non-stingray connections?

For an example of location from today's news: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article21901...

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