[…] Cell-site simulators mimic cell towers to trick cellphones to connect to them, enabling investigators to obtain identifying information about the phones and their locations. Law enforcement officers often deploy the suitcase-sized devices by hauling them in vehicles as they drive through neighborhoods looking for suspects’ phones, scooping up data on cellphones of passers-by in the process. more
So what’s next? Soul-stealing satellite signals?
@Vietvet – “So what’s next? Soul-stealing satellite signals?”
RFID chip implants.
Do something useful, come to my hood and capture all the car warranty “spam” calls I get on my cell, you bastiges.
But they can’t hack my fitness tracker because I wrap it in tinfoil and put it under my hat!
Since they can do that, they can pay my phone bills as well.
I sort of feel sorry for any agent that spies on me. I know it would be boring.
My buddy and I are Electrical Engineers,we worked at a company that made receivers
that could monitor mobile phone frequencies. This was the early 90’s. At first it was kinda
interesting hearing mobile phone calls. But after awhile it was just annoying. Most people are boring as hell. Most calls were made to “try and guess” where I’m calling you from.
I could easily build a receiver to monitor cell phones. But it’s just too boring.
Most cell traffic now would be the upload data static of someone photographing their dinner. I hope they bore to death.
Gee Wally, remember when Liberals were bitching and moaning about Bush wanting to monitor overseas calls – not domestic calls?
Yeah Beave, put ’em in charge for eight years and look whut we got!
400 units…
I have not trusted telephones since the “hippy” days
BTW – burner phones have serial numbers and most shops have cctv