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If it's there for espionage, is cell the right technology to use? Seems BT or wifi would be better for someone to drive by and yoink the data, surly using the c
by neom 1y ago
If it's there for espionage, is cell the right technology to use? Seems BT or wifi would be better for someone to drive by and yoink the data, surly using the cell network introduces a lot of issues from an espionage perspective?
- ceejayoz 1y ago> surly using the cell network introduces a lot of issues from an espionage perspective? Like what? Having to physically drive within Wifi/Bluetooth range has even greater issues, like "getting your spy caught and executed".
- neom 1y agoOne would presume these things would need to be quite long lived (Stuxnet for example took years to execute iirc?), maybe I'm thinking about it wrong/over thinking it, but the logistics of China maintaining cell backhaul in foreign countries for solar farm telemetry seems... I dunno, just doesn't add up for me, seems easier to lora and pay some kid $500 to drive by the site and yoink.
- ceejayoz 1y agoYou just put it on the public cell network. You can get an IoT SIM for $3, pay per gig. https://docs.korewireless.com/en-us/supersim https://docs.korewireless.com/en-us/supersim
- neom 1y agoSo if this was for espionage, is that how you would do it? I've never tried state level espionage before, but I can still see many issues with using cell (ok, at least 3 more). I also still think this is weird data to collect, feels much more to me like someone discovered the blank button covers on a feature they didn't upgrade to.