City cops in Disneyland’s backyard have had “stingray on steroids” for years

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New documents released (PDF) on Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California show that for the last several years, police in the city of Anaheim, California—home of Disneyland—have been using an invasive cell phone surveillance device, known as a "dirtbox."

The ACLU obtained the 464 pages of documents recently after it sued the Anaheim Police Department (APD) last year over the agency’s failure to respond to its public records request concerning such surveillance-related documents.

The DRTBox has been described by one Chicago privacy activist as a "stingray on steroids," referring to the controversial cell-site simulator that spoofs cell towers to locate phones and intercept calls and texts.

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