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I recently noticed when coming back through UK passport/ID control that there are now boxes hanging from the ceiling in the waiting area, I assume to scoop up I
by PoachedSausage 9y ago
I recently noticed when coming back through UK passport/ID control that there are now boxes hanging from the ceiling in the waiting area, I assume to scoop up IMSI's/Wifi/Bluetooth/NFC MAC addresses from phones and tablets. All tied to passport/facial biometrics presumably.
- shostack 9y agoIs simply turning off your device while there a solution? Asking as someone who may travel to the UK and EU this year.
- PoachedSausage 9y agoI'm speculating, you could try asking GCHQ. With SDRs so compact and cheap these days the chances are high that they are installed in such places as airports and train stations. It is fairly safe to assume that turning things off should prevent most data leakage, but for the truly paranoid you would have to remove all the sewn RFID tags from your clothes and not carry contactless enabled cards.
- bitL 9y agoNo, there are stealth SMS messages and your baseband processor is receiving/answering them even when phone is off but battery is inside. https://github.com/CellularPrivacy/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector/issues/69 https://github.com/CellularPrivacy/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Dete...