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"Stingrays" secretly track cellphones

Name: "Stingrays" secretly track cellphones
Uploaded: 2016-02-24T13:44:29-0500
Duration: 3 min 45 s
Description: Law enforcement uses tracking devices called "stingrays" to locate cellphones. But the technology also picks up personal information from other cellphones that happen to be nearby. "48 Hours" Crimesider's Graham Kates joins CBSN to explain.

Law enforcement uses tracking devices called "stingrays" to locate cellphones. But the technology also picks up personal information from other cellphones that happen to be nearby. "48 Hours" Crimesider's Graham Kates joins CBSN to explain.