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Re:$15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GS... by ajays on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @04:39PM (#2050266)
FTA: "Munaut demonstrated the way in which GSM . . . allows anyone to determine a subscriber’s current location with a simple Internet query, to the level of city or general rural area."

Is he talking about reverse IP lookup?

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Re:$15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GS... by 246tNt on Friday December 31, 2010 @09:54AM (#2055488)
No, I'm talking about HLR queries. See the related 25C3 talk.
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Re:$15 phone, 3 minutes all that's needed to eavesdrop on GS... by sp332 on Saturday January 01, 2011 @09:32AM (#2057670)
"Locating Mobile Phones Using SS7"

Abstract and slides: http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2997.en.h...

You can see the talk on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcW4HlrpYE

or download the video via bittorrent: ftp://media.ccc.de/pub/congress/2008/video_h264_720x576/25c3-2997-en-locating_mobile_phones_using_ss7.mp4.torrent

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