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Is it possible to use a common phone to sniff the GSM traffic? Or something like a GNU-radio capable external device is absolutely required? GSM and GSM securi
by antirez 16y ago
Is it possible to use a common phone to sniff the GSM traffic? Or something like a GNU-radio capable external device is absolutely required?
GSM and GSM security are interesting topics but really hard to touch with your hands because of the difficulty of reading what's passing over the air. The more hackers will have access to equipments, the more secure will be our conversations in the long run.
- chris_l 16y agoTo use a regular phone you would have to reverse-engineer a significant part of the (low-level) software, est. cost > $1m Even then you would have to get lucky with the hardware, as it is not designed to sniff all the meta data and pass it up for capture. It might do some of the stuff in hardware that you want done in software.
- antirez 16y agoThanks for the clarification