Same guys that screamed about government over reach during covid

Over a decade ago they had devices called “sting ray” that act like antenna. It captures all text messages in the area.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/stingray-tracking-devices-whos-got-them

I wonder how many companies like Cambridge analytica or TPUSA just have access to these. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some social engineering dark arts underground of pretending to be police and getting this data to study