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A comment on Cell Towers Can Double as Cheap Radar Systems for Ports and Harbors (2014).

Re:Cell Towers Can Double as Cheap Radar Systems for Ports a... by soundpuppy on Sunday June 29, 2025 @07:52PM (#44417730)
The gap between the people demanding these systems and those who design it it is so large, it’s vulnerable to corruption in infinite ways, let’s be honest.
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Re:Cell Towers Can Double as Cheap Radar Systems for Ports a... by knetl on Sunday June 29, 2025 @09:52PM (#44418422)
It underscores how important cybersecurity is in mobile, IoT and Wi-Fi systems. A few critical exploits chained together is all it takes for physical surveillance or bio-sensing[1].

A 2007 NSA hacking toolkit catalog leaked by Snowden[2] shows what state-of-the-art was 18 years ago. Just imagine what a remote attacker can do with today's commercial hardware.

[1]https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/7/2111

[2]https://www.eff.org/document/20131230-appelbaum-nsa-ant-cata...

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