Tag: Networking

Cell-Site Simulators/IMSI Catchers | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Source: Cell-Site Simulators/IMSI Catchers | Electronic Frontier Foundation

ACLU’s recommendations on cell-site simulators: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/aclu_recommendations_on_the_use_of_cell_phone_simulators.pdf

Search cell-site simulators and their usage.

Maricopa County Officials Refusing to Turn Over Routers to Auditors

Source: Maricopa County Officials Refusing to Turn Over Routers to Auditors

Just some clarification drawing on our knowledge of networking.  Routers will contain the source and destination IP addresses in their logs but not the content (similar to your mail carrier as they delivering the mail and are not opening and reading the mail).  Balking or refusing to release the router logs claiming it would compromise other system’s confidential data does not hold water.

‘Sonic attacks’ suffered by US diplomats likely caused by microwave energy, government study says – CNN

Source: ‘Sonic attacks’ suffered by US diplomats likely caused by microwave energy, government study says – CNN

We need to note that all our wireless communications take place in the Microwave spectrum and the inherent capacity of a medium is determined by its frequency.  In other words we keep increasing the frequency to get more bandwidth (3G => 4G => 5G).