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How do you associate the imsi with any other type of data?
by pibefision 7y ago
How do you associate the imsi with any other type of data?
- jstanley 7y agoThe same way you associate any data point with any other. For example, set up your IMSI catcher next to a numberplate reader. If you repeatedly see a particular IMSI at the same time as a particular numberplate, then there's a fair chance that that phone travels with that car, and therefore that it likely belongs to the driver of the car. This is easily automated on a large scale, and if anything gets easier as the scale gets larger as you get more data points.
- _eht 7y ago“But metadata is worthless!” - NSA, probably.
- firethief 7y agoNumberplates are the tip of the constantly-broadcast data iceberg. Most phones are constantly announcing the ESSIDs of their known WiFi hotspots, and WiFi hotspot map data is readily available. It's like shouting out a map of home, workplace, favorite cafes...
- londons_explore 7y agoI don't think any modern phones do this for anything but 'hidden' networks. Am I wrong?
- borumpilot 7y agoYes, you are wrong, unfortunately.
- makethetick 7y agoAll it could take is an API call to turn it into an associated phone number.