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xnx 5 hours 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?

fiprisoner 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It can’t, its a lie.

2OEH8eoCRo0 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Explain why it can't please.

jandrese an hour ago | parent [-]

It'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.

2OEH8eoCRo0 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

You don't need to masquerade to eavesdrop. In fact masquerading would likely get you caught

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2OEH8eoCRo0 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How could lots of cellular radios be used to capture data that's in the air?

xnx 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, 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 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Crash the tower (instead of jamming it) and then put up your own fake tower?

2OEH8eoCRo0 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It'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 an hour ago | parent [-]

The problem is that it's all encrypted.

2OEH8eoCRo0 an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes I know. I assume a state actor could still use it if not decrypt it.