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Can't you also track and read messages, mobile data and calls that are send and received from the mobile device? An IMSI catcher is nothing but a 'fake' cell p
by Max-20 8y ago
Can't you also track and read messages, mobile data and calls that are send and received from the mobile device?
An IMSI catcher is nothing but a 'fake' cell phone tower for a phone.
- runjake 8y agoNo, because those messages are encrypted. Likely with a semi-busted protocol, depending on whether we're talking GSM/CDMA/LTE/etc, but a pain to attack, regardless.
- welder 8y agoThey are sometimes encrypted but setting up a cell tower proxy (femtocell) let's you disable encryption to connected devices and then you can read any texts sent/received through your femtocell. Watch the defcon/blackhat presentations showing this. First one I remember watching was maybe 10 years ago.
- mises 8y agoAn IMSI catcher is not a hacked femtocell. It basically just tracks nearby cell phones. A hacked femtocell, which is what you're thinking of, could do this.