Your phone can ping a base station several miles from you, so there is no need to camouflage a fake base station near you, it can be a hundred yards/meters away

Your phone can ping a base station several miles from you, so there is no need to camouflage a fake base station near you, it can be a hundred yards/meters away on a roof. And a fake base station does not have to be a piece of bulky equipment. You can have one in your pocket, in this case you just have to be physically close to the people you want to identify (by their IMSI). https://www.eff.org/wp/gotta-catch-em-all-understanding-how-imsi-catchers-exploit-cell-networks https://www.eff.org/wp/gotta-catch-em-all-understanding-how-...