Its not safe to talk on the phone, use your computer or any electronic communication device. Even in the suburbs the police have sound detectors that can zoom in on regular conversations. Is anywhere private anymore?
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U.S. Marshals secretly tracked 6,000 cellphones with 'stingray' devices, USA TODAY finds
Federal marshals have secretly used powerful cellphone surveillance tools to hunt nearly 6,000 suspects throughout the United States, according to newly-disclosed records in which the agency inadvertently identified itself as the nation's most prolific known user of phone-tracking devices. The Marshals Service confirmed its use of the devices, commonly known as "Stingrays," to USA TODAY only in the process of trying to keep it secret, rejecting a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of its log of cases in which agents had used them. Ref. USAToday.