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An international mobile subscriber identity-catcher, or IMSI-catcher, is a telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Ars Technica, Base station, Base transceiver station, Blick, Bloomberg News, C't, Cell site, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), DEF CON, GitHub, Google Play, GSM, Harris Corporation, Intelligence agency, International Mobile Equipment Identity, International mobile subscriber identity, Inventive step and non-obviousness, Law enforcement agency, LTE (telecommunication), Man-in-the-middle attack, Metropolitan Police, Mobile phone, Mobile phone jammer, Mobile station, Mobility management, Osmocom, Pen register, Rohde & Schwarz, Scottish Prison Service, Search warrant, SIM card, SMS, Stingray phone tracker, Strong cryptography, UMTS, Wiretapping, 3G.

  2. Mobile security
  3. Telephone tapping

Ars Technica

Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.

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Base station

Base station (or base radio station) is – according to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) – a "land station in the land mobile service." The term is used in the context of mobile telephony, wireless computer networking and other wireless communications and in land surveying.

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Base transceiver station

A base transceiver station (BTS) or a baseband unit (BBU) is a piece of equipment that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment (UE) and a network.

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Blick

Blick (View) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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C't

c't – Magazin für Computertechnik (Magazine for Computer Technology) is a German computer magazine, published by the Heinz Heise publishing house.

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Cell site

A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network.

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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DEF CON

DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon or DC) is a hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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GitHub

GitHub is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.

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Google Play

Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store or Play Store and formerly Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google.

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GSM

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

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Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, emergency service, and commercial sectors.

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Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives.

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International Mobile Equipment Identity

The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a numeric identifier, usually unique, for 3GPP and iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones.

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International mobile subscriber identity

The international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is a number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network.

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Inventive step and non-obviousness

The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be sufficiently inventive—i.e., non-obvious—in order to be patented.

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Law enforcement agency

A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources.

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LTE (telecommunication)

In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.

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Man-in-the-middle attack

In cryptography and computer security, a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack, or on-path attack, is a cyberattack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communications between two parties who believe that they are directly communicating with each other, as the attacker has inserted themselves between the two user parties.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Mobile phone

A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).

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Mobile phone jammer

A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from transmitting them.

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Mobile station

A mobile station (MS) comprises all user equipment and software needed for communication with a mobile network.

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Mobility management

Mobility management is one of the major functions of a GSM or a UMTS network that allows mobile phones to work.

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Osmocom

Osmocom (open source mobile communications) is an open-source software project that implements multiple mobile communication standards, including GSM, DECT, TETRA and others.

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Pen register

A pen register, or dialed number recorder (DNR), is a device that records all numbers called from a particular telephone line. IMSI-catcher and pen register are law enforcement equipment and surveillance.

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Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG is an international electronics group specializing in the fields of electronic test equipment, broadcast & media, cybersecurity, radiomonitoring and radiolocation, and radiocommunication.

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Scottish Prison Service

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Seirbheis Phrìosain na h-Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons and Young Offender Institutions.

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Search warrant

A search warrant is a court order that a magistrate or judge issues to authorize law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a person, location, or vehicle for evidence of a crime and to confiscate any evidence they find.

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SIM card

A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) T-Mobile nano-SIM card with NFC capabilities in the SIM tray of an iPhone 6s cell phone A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).

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SMS

Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems.

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Stingray phone tracker

The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. IMSI-catcher and Stingray phone tracker are law enforcement equipment, mobile security, surveillance, telephone tapping and telephony equipment.

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Strong cryptography

Strong cryptography or cryptographically strong are general terms used to designate the cryptographic algorithms that, when used correctly, provide a very high (usually insurmountable) level of protection against any eavesdropper, including the government agencies.

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UMTS

The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard.

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Wiretapping

Wiretapping, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert means. IMSI-catcher and Wiretapping are telephone tapping.

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3G

3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.

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See also

Mobile security

Telephone tapping

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSI-catcher

Also known as I M S I catcher, I. M. S. I. catcher, I.M.S.I. catcher, IMSI catcher.