Texas spent $4.5M in Spy SUVs that scan phones in 3 minutes
Muhammad523
36 points
12 comments
July 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
VirusNewbie
Is that effective surveillance? I know SMS is plain text, but anything interesting is probably on iMessage, or RCS, or SSL web, no?
balozi
What are they scanning? Are they just trying to figure out what devices are in range?
Dig1t
This is an Israeli company and all the data is almost certainly being sent back to Israel. Texas has a specific law against boycotting Israeli products as well. https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/anti-israel-policies-are-ant... The government of Texas has a disturbing obsession with Israel that doesn’t really make sense.
bzmrgonz
I wonder if graphene phones are suceptible??
fco356pal
I can’t believe Texans are fine with that. Won’t end well