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'Dirtbox' planes masquerade as cell towers to collect smartphone data in sophisticated spying ops
2014-11-15 06:53:39| IT Services - Topix.net
It's no secret anymore that governmental agencies in the U.S. and other countries have access to sophisticated tools that allow them to track and collect data from smartphones and other devices without users knowing anything is happening, and The Wall Street Journal has uncovered yet another such operation which uses a special "dirtbox" technology installed in special planes that can mimic cell phone towers and fool smartphones into believing they're connecting to a genuine carrier tower. In the process, the tool will collect unique identifiers about those devices, in order to track certain suspects without requiring any help from carriers.
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