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How the FBI Intercepts Cell Phone Data

Bruce Schneier Posted by Bruce Schneier | Thu, 07 Mar 2013
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Good article on "Stingrays," which the FBI uses to monitor cell phone data. Basically, they trick the phone into joining a fake network. And, since cell phones inherently trust the network -- as opposed to computers which inherently do not trust the Internet -- it's easy to track people and collect data. There are lots of questions about whether or...


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