Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

    • M. Orange@beehaw.org
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      4 days ago

      Looks like they aren’t using “IMSI catcher” because it only covers one of the uses of those devices.

        • M. Orange@beehaw.org
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          4 days ago

          It says in the article.

          Law enforcement use CSS to pinpoint the location of phones often with greater accuracy than other techniques such as cell site location information (CSLI) and without needing to involve the phone company at all. CSS can also log International Mobile Subscriber Identifiers (IMSI numbers) unique to each SIM card, or hardware serial numbers (IMEIs) of all of the mobile devices within a given area. Some CSS may have advanced features allowing law enforcement to intercept communications in some circumstances.

          • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            All of that should be doable with IMSI catchers, no? Except it would certainly allow intercepting communications.