page_title: Stingray phone tracker
section_title: Technology
hierarchical_section_title: Stingray phone tracker / Technology
caption_attribution_description: English: StingRay cell site simulators can be used to perform a man-in-the-middle attack on mobile phones.
context_page_description: The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a controversial cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local and state law enforcement agencies across Canada, the United States, and in the United Kingdom. Stingray has also become a generic name to describe these kinds of devices.
context_section_description: The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher with both passive (digital analyzer) and active (cell-site simulator) capabilities.  When operating in active mode, the device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it.
  The StingRay family of devices can be mounted in vehicles, on aeroplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. Hand-carried versions are referred to under the trade name KingFish.
caption: When operating in active mode, the Stingray device mimics a wireless carrier cell tower in order to force all nearby mobile phones and other cellular data devices to connect to it.
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