Harpooning the StingRay: How to Detect and Avoid IMSI Catchers that Spy on Cellular Phones and Inter

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https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/04/15/harpooning-stingray-detect-avoid-imsi-catchers-spy-cellular-phones-internet/

"Harpooning the StingRay: How to Detect and Avoid IMSI Catchers that Spy on Cellular Phones and Internet"

"Across the world law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies, and militaries are deploying technology known as IMSI catchers. This technology enables government to conduct mass surveillance of cellular phone and internet activity, intercepting both metadata and content. These cell site simulators also provide the ability to track the location of all mobile devices in the area, and the ability to hack or jam cellular phone and internet services on mobile devices. The IMSI catchers intercept calls and data, using a man-in-the-middle attack, by acting as a fake cell tower (fake GSM base station) which mobile devices in the area see and connect to. Some of the more well known IMSI catchers, or cell site simulators, are the Harris Corporation’s StingRay, KingFish, and Hailstorm, and Boeing/Digital Receiver Technology, Inc.’s DRTbox. These fake base stations are often placed in vehicles and even loaded onto manned and unmanned aircraft."

"Another step users can take to keep their cellular communications private is to use encrypted communications apps like Signal and Tox, and to use a VPN or Tor to encrypt their cellular internet traffic. While IMSI catchers will still intercept the data packets, they will be encrypted and prevent the attacker from gaining access to the content of your communications. Privacy activists and legislators are also fighting back against this massive violation of privacy rights across the country by pushing to pass legislation at the local and state levels to require warrants for the use of IMSI catchers, or to ban their use, or to provide citizen oversight over the use of such surveillance technology."

Also >>> https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/10/21/356191015/whos-catching-your-cellphone-conversations

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1. They have been used by the Chicago PD.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-police-stingray-lawsuit-0113-20170112-story.html


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