Nelson Presses Wheeler on FCC Certification of StingRay Devices
The use of StingRay devices, also known as international mobile subscriber identity catchers, “raises a number of potential privacy and constitutional concerns,” Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said in a Tuesday letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.…
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“I am asking that the FCC report to me on its certification process for the StingRay and any other devices that have similar functionality.” The devices are used in police surveillance. Nelson wants to know what the agency knows “about the rationale behind the restrictions placed on the certification of the StingRay, and whether similar restrictions have been put in place for other devices,” and what the FCC asked about in terms of device oversight when certifying them. Nelson also asked for the results of a commission task force that has looked at the issue.