Monday, September 2, 2013

New details leak about Gamma Group's PRISM-like spy gadgets made for police


Product brochures from the secretive Gamma Group, a German-based company that makes surveillance equipment for law enforcement, have supposedly been leaked online. The brochures were published anonymously and their authenticity has not been verified, but they appear to explain some of Gamma's cutting-edge spy gear in further detail than was known before.


If real, this is James Bond-level stuff. One of the products is a body-worn device that can capture the unique identifier of a person's cell phone and use that to track the target's whereabouts. Another device, described by Ars Technica , can monitor the target's text messages and even deny service to phones that use the GSM network without alerting the target user. Other devices allow...


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