At the FBI, the DRT systems are likely operated by the Data Intercept Technology Unit (DITU), which is a highly secretive division specialised in intercept technology. DITU is also responsible for collecting data from US internet companies under NSA’s PRISM program. NSA also has no “direct access” to the servers of companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google – it’s actually a unit of the FBI that picks up data related to specific identifiers. The media have redacted the name of the person who is the PRISM collection manager, a title which is followed by S35333, which is NSA’s internal organization designator for a unit of the Special Source Operations (SSO). People who normally access the work from the PC in the office, can now be done through smart phones, tablet, or laptop. In October 1997, the company adopted its current name and moved to a new plant in Germantown in April 1998. DRT was purchased by Boeing in December 2008 and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of this major US military contractor. Now you can use your smartphone to scan barcodes. Cell phone (telefone celular) is a wireless, portable, long-range, electronic telephone, which during travel can seamlessly change antenna connections, from one radio reception cell to another radio reception cell, without dropping or losing the ongoing call.

So, I would send them one message and it would pop up 3-5 times. So, buy digital phones for your home and attend phone calls from any part of the house. The Dual SIM range of Cell Phones caters mainly to the needs of users having requirement of twin SIM handsets. Once you land on the foreign location, you would only need to insert the SIM card in your network unlocked and compatible handset to start using it. If you have a dual SIM phone, then going on vacation is pretty simple, you can just keep your regular SIM card in your phone, and add a local SIM card in that second slot. Until now, a total of 19 slides have been published and another 4 were incidentally or partially shown on television. Now, your main work begins. The collected data go to ONEROOF, which is NSA’s main tactical SIGINT database, containing raw and unfiltered intercepts. See also: Are the NSA’s PRISM-slides photoshopped?

Immediatly after the first slides of the presentation were published, some people thought it could be fake or photoshopped because of the not very professional looking design and the copy-paste elements. It’s better looking than its predecessor (the iPhone 2G). The black model we received was beautifully finished; thankfully the rear resists normal smudging and scratches. Each instrument can be acquired separately or, better yet, one can purchase a full home weather station, as a single unit, and put it to work immediately. Given this, it’s actually possible, with a few simple tools, to disassemble most mobile phones and to perform some simple repairs at home. A similar device (also known as IMSI Catcher, Cell-site Simulator or Digital Analyzer) used by American law enforcement agencies for tracking and intercepting cell phones is called StingRay, which is manufactured by the Harris Corp. The price of a StingRay device is between 60.000,- and 175.000,- USD. The FBI is apparently using the similar Stingray devices only to collect phone metadata, not content, for which individual warrants would be required.

These are so-called Low Level Voice Intercept (LLVI) devices. The concerns are directed to the external display. At first glance, this set appears like a watch with a high contrast black and white clock on the display screen. They provide agencies like FBI with some powerful tools (DRT devices can be used to perform a man-in-the-middle attack), although they are expensive and must be operated by highly trained law enforcement personnel. Boeing wanted NTIA to recommend to Congress that the Communications Act of 1934 should be modified in order to allow prison officials and state and local law enforcement to use these kinds of cell phone management, prevention or location technologies. The aforementioned Boeing statement claimed that DRT’s cell phone management, prevention and location technologies could also provide important benefits in a wide variety of law enforcement situations outside the prison context. This article will show that this company manufactures a range of sophisticated surveillance and tracking devices, used by US law enforcement and signals intelligence agencies. A good example of the devices which DRT manufatures and develops for use by law enforcement agencies is given by the company itself, in trying to open new markets. From various public job descriptions it becomes clear that DRT devices are widely used in tactical ground operations, where they are part of the equipment used by SIGINT/EW collection teams assigned to field deployed Special Forces Groups.

In this schedule we see “DRT Box” again, but apart from a LinkedIn-profile, this term is rarely found and therefore it’s not really clear what it stands for. Just like many other military contractors in recent years, DRT also removed information about national security related products from its website. The DRTBoxes mimic cell towers and trick cellphones to collect identity and location information on cell phone users, this in order to track and catch criminals like drug-traffickers. Therefore, this article presents almost everything we know about the PRISM program, combining information from my earlier postings and from other media and government sources. In 2010, Boeing, on behalf of its subsidiary DRT, submitted a statement (pdf) before the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in reaction to an inquiry regarding contraband cell phone use in prisons. 2. This slide was one of the first four revealed by The Guardian and The Washington Post on June 6, 2013, and shows a short introduction of the world’s telecommunications backbone.