{
  "id": 13881,
  "url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/cognyte-sells-a-mobile-cell-surveillance-van.html",
  "title": "Cognyte Sells a Mobile Cell Surveillance Van",
  "summary": "Yet another Israeli mass surveillance company : Made by Israeli surveillance company Cognyte, the tech simulates a mobile phone tower, which forces nearby phones to connect to it. That enables cops to keep tabs on any phones in the vicinity ­ whether they’re owned by a suspect in a case or not. Cognyte’s contract with the state of Texas reveals that the simulator, called FalcoNet, can be concealed within the vehicles, hidden in a backpack for on-foot missions or attached to a helicopter. It’s th",
  "authors": "Bruce Schneier",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "middle-east",
  "published_at": "2026-07-27T11:04:30.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-28T05:10:12.325Z",
  "source_slug": "x-bruce-schneier-schneier-on-security",
  "source_name": "Bruce Schneier — Schneier on Security",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13881",
  "original_url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/cognyte-sells-a-mobile-cell-surveillance-van.html",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}