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For reference, ~18 million people live within 35 miles of Manhattan. "In addition to jamming the cellular network, he said, such a large amount of equipment ne
by xnx 1y ago
For reference, ~18 million people live within 35 miles of Manhattan.
"In addition to jamming the cellular network, he said, such a large amount of equipment near the United Nations could be used for eavesdropping."
How could a SIM farm be used for eavesdropping?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y agoHow could lots of cellular radios be used to capture data that's in the air?
- xnx 1y agoYes, this is what I want to know. I didn't think a cell phone (or any number of cell phones) could intercept other phone calls/data. I know a fake cell tower has some capability for that.
- thenthenthen 1y agoCrash the tower (instead of jamming it) and then put up your own fake tower?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y agoIt's wireless comms, can't anyone with a radio tune in? The problem is capturing all channels which can be accomplished with lots of radios How are cell signals different from any other radio comms?
- jandrese 1y agoThe problem is that it's all encrypted.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y agoYes I know. I assume a state actor could still use it if not decrypt it.
- fiprisoner 1y agoIt can’t, its a lie.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y agoExplain why it can't please.
- jandrese 1y agoIt's the wrong hardware for the job. The hardware for eavesdropping masquerades as a tower, not as 64 cell phones. A big sim bank like this is useless for that purpose.
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- 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y agoYou don't need to masquerade to eavesdrop. In fact masquerading would likely get you caught
- immibis 1y agoBecause of encryption, you can only eavesdrop traffic between a phone and a tower if you are the phone or you are the tower.