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United States federal and State levels in pursuit of suspects by law enforcement agencies often use a name as "Stingray" listening device, this device only a suitcase size, has tracked the phone's functions.

Stingray can be simulated cell phone towers. Law enforcement officers driving around, looking with this device, it will send a signal, forcing around all moving devices attached. So the police can get to all mobile phones in the vicinity of a variety of information, such as monitor phone calls, text messages and other private data.

However, the device is a controversial tool, works because it is indiscriminate, captured at work say it is near all the data of the mobile device, not just the specific target data.

This tool was originally designed for overseas wars, and very powerful. But if it is used in counter-terrorism operations, then its legitimacy must be controversial, in the fight against criminal activities not to mention using such weapons.

But now the United States police have really been doing. Capital News, recently published a report revealed the use of Stingray equipment by local law enforcement in Maryland, some use cases are very surprised.

Capital News cited a Stingray equipment used in an instance of the police general cases: Annapolis a pizza shop employee in takeout and mugged on the way, stolen property just 15 chicken wings and 3 mini sandwiches, valued at approximately $ 56.77. Police applied to the Court and allowed to use the Stingray, but they did not catch the robber.

Public defender in Baltimore yaninei·meikele (Janine Meckler) Capital News said: "such listening devices should be used in the fight against terrorism, and should not be used for other purposes. "But he does not know is that, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun last year that, since 2007, Stingray devices are used to monitor the people of Baltimore more than 4,300 times.

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美国联邦政府和州一级执法机关在追捕疑犯时经常使用一款名为“Stingray”的监听设备，这台设备只有手提箱大小，具有追踪手机的功能。

Stingray可以模拟手机信号塔。执法人员开着车，带着这种设备四处寻找，它就会发出信号，迫使附近的所有移动设备与之连接。这样警方就能获取到附近所有手机上的各种信息，比如监听手机通话、短信息和其他隐私数据。

然而这款设备是一种倍受争议的工具，因为它的工作方式是无差别的，也就是说它在工作时捕获的是附近所有移动设备的数据，而不仅仅是特定目标的数据。

这种工具最初是为了海外战争而设计的，功能十分强大。但是如果将它用于反恐行动，那么它的合法性肯定会引发争议，在打击地方犯罪活动中使用这样的大杀器就更不用说了。

但是现在美国警方还真这么干了。Capital News最近发表了一篇报道，披露了马里兰州的地方执法部门使用Stingray设备的情况，有些使用案例令人感到非常吃惊。

Capital News举了一个警方在一般案件中使用Stingray设备的实例：安纳波利斯市一家披萨店的员工在送外卖的路上遭遇抢劫，被抢的财物只是15根鸡翅和3块迷你三明治，总价值约56.77美元。警方向法庭提出申请并且获准使用Stingray，但他们最终并未抓住抢劫者。

巴尔的摩的公设辩护律师亚尼内·梅克勒（Janine Meckler）对Capital News称：“这样的监听设备应该是被用于打击恐怖主义活动的，而不应该被用于其他用途。”但他不知道的是，据巴尔的摩太阳报去年的一篇报道称，从2007年以来，Stingray设备被用于监视巴尔的摩市民的次数超过了4300次。