24 Dec 2021, 00:07 by cu...@free.fr:
> On 2021-12-23, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> >>> I can find no example of this with a cell phone. >>> >> >> Somebody yesterday posted about Triggerfish -- I can't find that post >> immediately. >> >> Wikipedia says (about Triggerfish): >> >> "Intercepting a cell phone call by a man in the middle attack, if the option >> is enabled, and the user makes or receives a call." >> > > Tracking of a cell phone by a mobile FBI van (Wireless Intercept and Tracking > Team) which seeks to locate a cell phone lacking GPS tracking by scanning for > its emissions. This first became known for its use in tracking hacker Kevin > Mitnick.[1] > > Intercepting a cell phone call by a man in the middle attack ... > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triggerfish_(surveillance) > > Other than the FBI stalking a criminal element in an unmarked van parked > across the street stuffed with sophisticated electronic equipment, I don't > believe this theoretical possibility translates to a worrisome probability of > malicious behavior for the R.H. Kramers of the world. > And I don't think the rhetorical `unmarked van parked across the street stuffed with sophisticated electronic equipment' accurately represents the reality. Some of this equipment will happily reside in a backpack. https://theintercept.com/document/2015/12/17/government-cellphone-surveillance-catalogue/ Cheers! Harry.
