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March 2nd, 2017 
Awake Goy IMSI catchers are the worst kept secret in the UK. For years, evidence that police forces are purchasing these devices has trickled out, but law enforcement agencies have never publicly acknowledged their use of the devices, which simulate cell sites and in some cases can intercept phone calls and text messages.
Several companies that stock IMSI catchers have sold products to UK police forces according to public records, but one firm in particular stands out. Cellxion sold over £1 million ($1.2 million) worth of covert communications data capture (CCDC) equipment—the UK government’s term for IMSI catchers—to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
Cellxion, from Surrey, England, specialises in “cellular intelligence and geo-location tools for law enforcement and military users,” a Cellxion brochure, obtained and then published by activist group Privacy International, reads.
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