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Listening isn't illegal so you can do that without moving. People move just to listen to different things with limited range, one form of it is called wardrivin

by vasco 2y ago

Listening isn't illegal so you can do that without moving. People move just to listen to different things with limited range, one form of it is called wardriving if you're doing it to wifi for example.

GordonS 2y ago
I'm fairly sure in the UK it's illegal, tho I don't know for certain. But even if not, you could be arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud (or similar).
seabass-labrax 2y ago
That's not true - it is indeed illegal to listen in to radio transmissions which are not intended for you. Doing so is a criminal offence punishable by an unlimited summary fine (the precise amount is determined based on the offender's personal income and other circumstances). https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/48 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/48
- mnw21cam 2y ago
  Correct. That's one reason why LiveATC has recordings of air traffic control radio calls from most countries, but not the UK.
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gravescale 2y ago
You can't send a phishing SMS from a receive-only device. Any mobile tower must have an active transmitter (at the very least, so the handset knows what network it thinks it's connected to!). Transmitting on a licensed mobile service band without the license is a very good way to earn a knock on your door. Eavesdropping on tower-to-handset comms is illegal too (in the UK), but it's not very practical to find just a receiver, unless they already know almost exactly where it is and are able to do a TEMPEST-like attack on the local oscillator or something. So as long as you keep quiet and don't do anything to indicate you're listening, such as, posting on Twitter about it or you do crime based on it, you'll get away with it. However, a receiver can't bump a victim handset down to a primitive-enough protocol, so all you'll get is encrypted content and maybe a smidge of metadata (I'm not sure exactly what is and isn't encrypted for each "G").

by vasco 2y ago

GordonS 2y ago

I'm fairly sure in the UK it's illegal, tho I don't know for certain. But even if not, you could be arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud (or similar).

seabass-labrax 2y ago

That's not true - it is indeed illegal to listen in to radio transmissions which are not intended for you. Doing so is a criminal offence punishable by an unlimited summary fine (the precise amount is determined based on the offender's personal income and other circumstances). https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/48 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/48

mnw21cam 2y ago
Correct. That's one reason why LiveATC has recordings of air traffic control radio calls from most countries, but not the UK.

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gravescale 2y ago

You can't send a phishing SMS from a receive-only device. Any mobile tower must have an active transmitter (at the very least, so the handset knows what network it thinks it's connected to!). Transmitting on a licensed mobile service band without the license is a very good way to earn a knock on your door. Eavesdropping on tower-to-handset comms is illegal too (in the UK), but it's not very practical to find just a receiver, unless they already know almost exactly where it is and are able to do a TEMPEST-like attack on the local oscillator or something. So as long as you keep quiet and don't do anything to indicate you're listening, such as, posting on Twitter about it or you do crime based on it, you'll get away with it. However, a receiver can't bump a victim handset down to a primitive-enough protocol, so all you'll get is encrypted content and maybe a smidge of metadata (I'm not sure exactly what is and isn't encrypted for each "G").