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......@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ Below collection of pictures and assumptions are purely based on monitoring demo
![Closeup of antennas and IMSI-Catcher device inside car](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/IMSI-Catcher_Antennas.jpg)
* Picture taken on Februar 10, 2015 in Dresden, Germany
* Picture taken on February 10, 2015 in Dresden, Germany
* Notice the box inside the car - likely the IMSI-Catcher!
![Blue VW T4](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/IMSI-Catcher_Blue.jpg)
* Picture taken on Februar 10, 2015 in Dresden, Germany
* Picture taken on February 10, 2015 in Dresden, Germany
![White VW T4](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/IMSI-Catcher_White.jpg)
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![VW Sharan](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/IMSI-Catcher_VW_Sharan.jpg)
![VW Sharan 2](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/IMSI-Catcher_VW_Sharan2.jpg)
* Pitcures taken on February 25, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany
* Pictures taken on February 25, 2015 in Düsseldorf, Germany
![Biometric Scanner](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/Biometric_Scanner.jpg)
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![StingRays on the roof of cars](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/StingRays.jpg)
This specific MITM attack was [patented](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/Technical/%5BGER%5D-Eavesdropping_Method_Patent.pdf) and first commercialized by Rohde & Schwarz in 2003, although it would be hard to maintain such a patent, since in reality it is just a modified cell tower with a malicious operator. On 24 January 2012, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that the patent is [invalid for obviousness](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/Technical/%5BENG%5D-Judgment_Invalid_R%26S_Patent.pdf). But ever since it was first invented, the technology has been used and "improved" by many different companies around the world. Other manufacturers (like Anite) prefer to refer to this spying and tracking equipment in glossy brochures using cozy marketing words like "[Subscriber Trackers](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/SysInfos/%5BENG%5D-Triton_Surveillance_Brochure.pdf)". IMSI-Catcher manufacturers are abusing your mind by disguising their spying products as "life saving equipment". Their real purpose will always be surveillance and even [killing people](https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/). Don't get fooled by heart-wrenching stories! Inside a "Vehicular Intercom System":
This specific MITM attack was [patented](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/Technical/%5BGER%5D-Eavesdropping_Method_Patent.pdf) and first commercialized by Rohde & Schwarz in 2003, although it would be hard to maintain such a patent, since in reality it is just a modified cell tower with a malicious operator. On 24 January 2012, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that the patent is [invalid for obviousness](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/Technical/%5BENG%5D-Judgment_Invalid_R%26S_Patent.pdf). But ever since it was first invented, the technology has been used and "improved" by many different companies around the world. Other manufacturers (like Anite) prefer to refer to this spying and tracking equipment in glossy brochures using cozy marketing words like "[Subscriber Trackers](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/PAPERS/SysInfos/%5BENG%5D-Triton_Surveillance_Brochure.pdf)". IMSI-Catcher manufacturers are abusing your mind by disguising their spying products as "life saving equipment". Don't get fooled by heart-wrenching stories, their real purpose will always be surveillance and even [killing people](https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/). Inside a "Vehicular Intercom System":
![Vehicular Intercom System](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/VehicularIntercomSystem.jpg)
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