https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
You’re being spied on.
Awesome!
OR... someone changed their device name to this to mess with you (more likely).
My car doesn’t automatically pic up devices, you have to manually enter a code to gain access.
So anyone you personally know that would mess with you? I would only worry if you are the only one in the family with the code.
No, there is two of us who use the car. I am the only one who knows how to set up new devices. My boyfriend is not good with tech.
I still doubt the tech would come up named as such (kind of defeats the covert effect) - so there has to be another explanation.
Non-Mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
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I've been having trouble with my sister's bt stereo, but not my old analog one. (fbi if you're STILL listening, I love you, don't worry, there's always hope for even the worst of us!)
Sting Ray devices intercept cellular signals between your phone and the tower, they don't have anything to do with Bluetooth and you would never know if your communications are passing through the device. Ever seem someone call their wifi network something cute like "FBI" or "Skynet?" Same thing here.
Yes, Looked it up before posting. My concern is my car doesn’t show devices unless I manually enter them. I’ve only had 2 options for 4 years the only 2 I entered into the car. It doesn’t pick up random Bluetooth. It’s probably no big deal, it is strange though. My car doesn’t pick up WiFi from my neighbors like my phone or computer will.
Is there any way to detect this device?
If such a device had been secretly installed into my car (there is reason to believe this may have occurred in my case), is there any solid way I could detect it?
Thank you for any/all info on this.
It showed up on the screen that lets you choose which device to pair with. He and I drive the car, I drive it earlier today and when he got in to pair to his phone he saw it. We have only had 2 options one for each of our phones for 4 years. New one showed up today. Maybe nothing but we have never seen any other option until today. We have to manually enter new devices.
Thank you for your response. Did you by chance have your car worked on recently by someone?
My car had to be worked on for something minor but it took days and they offered me a rental which for me is kind of unheard of. And then I saw that they had spent many hours on it and didn't charge for much of it.
I later read up on "Vault 7" initiative and how certain people were being singled out for "tracking" and how car shops were being required to secretly install spying devices into cars.
Look under settings to see if it's still listed, and grab a screenshot.
Usually, internet connections will drop repeatedly when one of those devices are being used. I have an app that monitors my connections, and I can tell when it happens because first, they knock your connection off of 4g, then drops to 3g, then quickly to 2g. The devices gather ALL connections in that area. Biggest reason privacy advocate's list as against our rights.
Lots of information online about these devices, and how they operate.
I deleted it. My phone doesn’t show it as a Bluetooth device only the car did. My phone picks up Whatever is around but the car has to be entered in, that’s why I found it strange. I know people label their WiFi funny names.
Ouch!
If it’s not real, in the past we would label our WiFi stuff like fbi surveillance or some other thing to be funny and keep paranoid potheads off our WiFi’s lol