The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted September 4, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 4, 2014 Seventeen mysterious cellphone towers have been found in America which look like ordinary towers, and can only be identified by a heavily customized handset built for Android security – but have a much more malicious purpose, according to Popular Science. The fake ‘towers’ – computers which wirelessly attack cellphones via the “baseband” chips built to allow them to communicate with their networks, can eavesdrop and even install spyware, ESD claims. They are a known technology - but the surprise is that they are in active use. The towers were found by users of the CryptoPhone 500, one of several ultra-secure handsets that have come to market in the last couple of years, after an executive noticed his handset was leaking” data regularly. http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/08/28/android-security-2/ Couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 4, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 4, 2014 I think I know who is behind this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 4, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 4, 2014 On a serious note, that sucks. Towers on US Military bases spying on cell phones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 4, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 4, 2014 air waves are air waves. you can't expect a private conversation or a secure data pipe if you are broadcasting don't you city folk ever use your heads for something other than a place to strap on your bike helmets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 4, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 4, 2014 if you want "privacy" you have to spend cash, drive old cars and shoot shotguns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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