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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by rezeroed on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:55PM (#23224973)
If the russians could get the mother's phone numbers, why not the sons? If you're able to identify the location of call activity, why aren't you able to identify the cell while not on a call, when as far as I am aware there is still communication?
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by Ma8ee on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:00PM (#23225042)
Maybe they couldn’t and just sent the SMS to a lot of random numbers. Those that belonged to mothers at the frontline naturally tried to call their sons.
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by rezeroed on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:06PM (#23225139)
Right. Still curious about monitoring cell activity only during calls. Thinking if you can monitor the cells, just look at the front line cells for comms.
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by jinglebells on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:44PM (#23225731)
They didn't know where the front line was?
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by rezeroed on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:05PM (#23226100)
You're involved in a conflict and you don't know where the front line is?
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by TeMPOraL on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:03PM (#23227673)
They knew where the front line was, they were trying to learn where the Ukrainian forces were positioned along that front line.
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by rezeroed on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:48PM (#23228164)
Right, so back to the question - why not just monitor front line cells for activity, which i think can be done without making calls?
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Re:Norway: Soldiers' location history found in data sold by ... by TeMPOraL on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:21PM (#23228517)
I'm guessing: they needed a way to distinguish the troops from the civilians living in the area. By triggering a mass amount of calls to frontline soldiers, they made their positions light up in front of the overall background.
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