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Fake Cellphone Towers
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Fake Cellphone Towers
by SciFi Chick » Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:09 am
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Re: Fake Cellphone Towers
by Sigma_Orionis » Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:39 pm
Indeed and doesn't sound like woo-woo stuff. The GSM encryption mechanisms all suck. particularly A5/1 (used in 2G networks) which was broken in the early 2000s, even the current one used in 3G: A5/3 has been broken since 2010 at least. So it makes sense that these fake towers force phones to work on 2G, it's easier to break.
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