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Would it be possible to flood the mast with emergency calls to drop all other calls?
by hapidjus 7y ago
Would it be possible to flood the mast with emergency calls to drop all other calls?
- numpad0 7y agoYeah and that’s a way to get some sentences. IIRC cell towers generate temporary phone numbers and session IDs so a person in distress may use even sketchy phones without SIM or legit serial numbers to make a call for help.
- kevin_nisbet 7y agoThis is correct. But IIRC (it's been awhile), the device also sends it's programmed hardware id to the network, which in theory would allow the device to be tracked to some extent after flooding the network. The emergency call itself doesn't require a sim or active account (atleast in Canada). I do have a recollection of watching a network outage ticket once years ago, where someone dropped their phone in a puddle which apparently caused the device to put out interference which some techs managed to track down. There is also this case from Florida: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-man-gets-48k-fine-from-fcc-for-using-cell-phone-jammer.htm https://www.techtimes.com/articles/161146/20160526/florida-m...