StingRay and the cellphone surveillance
In a previous post, I detailed the technologies used to track mobile devices, with a specific reference to the StingRay IMSI-catcher (International Mobile Subscriber Identity).An IMSI-catcher is a surveillance solution used by law enforcement, military and intelligence agencies for telephony eavesdropping, it is the technology used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking movements of mobile phone users.
An IMSI catcher runs a Man in the Middle (MITM) attack acting as a bogus mobile cell tower that sits between the target mobile phone and the service provider’s real towers.
The only way to prevent being tracked by an IMSI catcher is using specific
