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> the relationship between the agency and the company predates the Trump administration

IMSI catchers/stingrays have been common practice in local law enforcement for decades, haven't they? How is this different?

> Some cell-site simulators can also intercept regular calls, text messages, and internet traffic.

In what decade was this true, other than text messages? I don't think it is very easy even for an IMSI catcher/stingray to eavesdrop on calls over LTE, for example.

parent leakycap 1 year ago

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