How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit

Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by evilsocket on Saturday April 02, 2016 @03:58PM (#11413102)

never heard about faraday cages?

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by woodman on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:11PM (#11413163)

... now we just need to figure out how to lure the surveillance target into our EM-shielded cage.

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by evilsocket on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:16PM (#11413190)

my point is that it's quite easy to "play" with such things without actually breaking the law

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by walrus on Saturday April 02, 2016 @05:18PM (#11413505)

I think you may have misunderstood the comment. In the US, Ireland, and probably elsewhere, police are using rogue cell sites ("Stingrays") for surveillance. The person you replied to is claiming that this is illegal, and the police forces that are doing it should be punished. They weren't talking about people experimenting with setting up Faraday-caged toy cell sites in their basement — there's absolutely nothing wrong with that and it should be encouraged!

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by maxerickson on Saturday April 02, 2016 @06:40PM (#11413888)

the executives and owners of Harris in jail

They were also talking about the people that built the devices.

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by Semiapies on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:56PM (#11413406)

They aren't "playing".

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Re:How to Build Your Own Rogue GSM BTS for Fun and Profit by industriousthou on Sunday April 03, 2016 @04:27PM (#11417496)

Did you intend to reply to the grandparent comment?

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