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Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by JonnieCache on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @10:49AM (#9692579)
Don't miss the "All the data captured by the investigation has been put in a Google document" link that points to a 50mb file called "Complete BB firewall logs.rtf," which I'm sure will be of interest.
Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by indeed30 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @11:06AM (#9692733)
Have you had a look at it? There's no location information that I can see so the usefulness is somewhat limited. There are 160 lines with "Suspicion: LOW" or higher, but I'm really not sure what I'm looking at.

If someone with a bit more domain expertise could point out the smoking gun here, it could be very interesting.

Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by qrmn on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:19PM (#9693778)
IMSI catchers are transceivers. They are not hard to find, they are easily triangulated: they literally broadcast their location. Honestly, denying their usage is remarkably pointless.

If you want a location, then I suggest: grab a spectrum analyser; head to Knightsbridge; tell me what happens when you get close to Hans Crescent; then look on the corner and guess why.

And, don't take your phone. Obviously.

Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by dogshoes on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @05:59PM (#9695841)
I'm curious, but not in London. All I could see on Google Street View, which is likely old, is a standard cell site on the A4 in that area.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.499897,-0.163137,3a,49y,276....

Would you happen to have a picture of the install they have in that area?

Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by grkvlt on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:31AM (#9697568)
I believe he's referring to the Ecuadorian Embassy located on that street, where Mr Assange is located presently. There are obvious reasons (WikiLeaks) for keeping track surreptitiously of those visiting him.
Re:Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' by indeed30 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @06:16PM (#9695986)
I wasn't trying to deny their usage, in fact I have no problem believing these things are out there. I'm just trying to understand the data log that was posted.

I work for a company with a huge dataset of cell tower observations, and so I was interested in locations that I could investigate. I'll try your suggestion and see if I can find anything suspicious.