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Defcon 18 - Practical Cellphone Spying - Chris Paget - Part.mov

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What it is

Chris Paget's DEF CON 18 talk on practical cellphone spying, showing how GSM traffic can be intercepted with a fake base station. It covers 2G interception and the weaknesses of cellular networks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a worrying but technically solid explanation of how cell interception works, even if the talk is old.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's an old talk that references someone's deadname with good technical information”

    Old talk with good technical information on cellular interception.

    dontbenebby, 2022-06 · Recommendation · in “AirPods sound quality is crap in calls”

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Topics: defcon, imsi catcher, gsm, 2g interception, surveillance

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