Mysterious, Phony Cell Towers Found Throughout US 237
Trachman writes: Popular Science magazine recently published an article about a network of cell towers owned not by telecommunication companies but by unknown third parties. Many of them are built around U.S. military bases. "Interceptors vary widely in expense and sophistication – but in a nutshell, they are radio-equipped computers with software that can use arcane cellular network protocols and defeat the onboard encryption. ... Some interceptors are limited, only able to passively listen to either outgoing or incoming calls. But full-featured devices like the VME Dominator, available only to government agencies, can not only capture calls and texts, but even actively control the phone, sending out spoof texts, for example."
Clearly these towers were designed to find and (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They used to be called UHF TV tuners (Score:5, Funny)
Ahhh anyone remember the joy of pressing the outer tuning ring and going back and forth???
Worst pick-up line ever.
Re:Where did the linked to article go? (Score:5, Funny)
You're not trying to open this link on a phone near a military base, are you?
Re:They used to be called UHF TV tuners (Score:5, Funny)
Picking up phone calls over TV tuners is one thing. Buying and installing a product with a name like "VME Dominator".
One of those can happen by innocent mistake. The other sounds ... well, not so innocent.
"Phony" cell towers? (Score:5, Funny)
Is this article some kind of joke I don't quite get?
Re:They used to be called UHF TV tuners (Score:5, Funny)
So it would be ok if they renamed it "VME Fluffy Bunny"?
Re:They used to be called UHF TV tuners (Score:5, Funny)
Any pickup line that works is an effective pickup line.
Though in hindsight, using, "Gimme a waitress, hold the dressing," successfully at the IHOP should have set off some warning bells...