US government uses fake cell towers, flown on airplanes, to harvest phone data and track down criminals | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
From www.extremetech.com - November 14, 2014 6:19 PM
Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to invading privacy and occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that the US Marshals Service -- since 2007 -- has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept communications between your mobile phone and the carrier's legitimate cell tower, allowing the US Marshals to find and triangulate the ex


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