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Why they use such tools? In Turkey police can listen any phone from the police station. Because all telecommunication companies are required to give access to t
by darkhorn 11y ago
Why they use such tools? In Turkey police can listen any phone from the police station. Because all telecommunication companies are required to give access to their network and even if you are the owner of the telecommunication company you cannot know when is your custemers being listened.
- schoen 11y agoCell site simulators can be used for location tracking even when a device is isn't actively communicating at the application layer. (However, the carriers may already know that information as well, and might be required to turn it over to police too.) Edit: also, you can use a cell site simulator without telling anyone who you are, whom you're interested in, or what legal authority (if any) you claim to have to monitor them.
- darkhorn 11y agoYes, cell towers log all connections (I don't mean phone calls or SMS). And we see news like "the criminals telephone was in this area two months ago", "these people were here according the cell towers". I'm talking about Turkey again. Of course the police needs warrant to get these kind of logs. Even the web sites need to log what IP was connected to them, which is pretty lame.
- schoen 11y agoIn the U.S. these things are kept incredibly secret (even through strenuous efforts to keep the details out of court testimony) and it takes many years to learn more about them.
- voxic11 11y agoBecause you need a court order to get that information in many countries. These devices allow police to bypass the courts oversight.
- darkhorn 11y agoOh, I see now.