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I feel like that has a little bit to do with how journalists tracked down a bunch of FBI shell companies that operated spy planes over BLM(and other) protests.
Why use spy planes? Why not just use police helicopters? Police helicopters are a normal sight above any large scale demonstration
I have no clue, some claim its because they're illegally using Stingrays(cell interceptors)
Basically everything is encrypted, they won't be that useful. Maybe could perhaps identify who is there though? But depends
SMS(text messages) is not encrypted, and LTE phone calls have gaps