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...@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ On this page we are aiming to collect our findings about IMSI-Catchers that we h ...@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ On this page we are aiming to collect our findings about IMSI-Catchers that we h
# Demonstrations # Demonstrations
Below collection of pictures and assumptions are purely based on monitoring demonstrations, especially the ones of PEGIDA (both sides) in Germany. Means: Don't take anything for granted, we could be riding a dead horse here. But we found it very strange that the casual-looking cars we discovered have so many antennas (which were also hidden under suitcases or similar on the roof in a few cases) and are always being used along the paths where demonstrators march. We don't think that these cars are used to assure communication of police during the demonstrations, but rather to find out who participated in them and spy on those people. Below collection of pictures and assumptions are purely based on monitoring demonstrations, especially the ones of PEGIDA (both sides) in Germany. Means: Don't take anything for granted, we could be riding a dead horse here. But we found it very strange that the casual-looking cars we discovered have so many antennas (which were also hidden under suitcases or similar on the roof in a few cases) and are always being used along the paths where demonstrators march. We don't think that these cars are used to assure communication of police during the demonstrations, but rather to find out who participated in them and spy on those people. Remember: **Leave your phones at home by all means!**
![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) ![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)
...@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ We know for a fact that every IMSI-Catcher has at least **10 (!) different licen ...@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ We know for a fact that every IMSI-Catcher has at least **10 (!) different licen
![StingRays on the roof of cars](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/StingRays.jpg) ![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 that may go along with it. 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". 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":
![Vehicular Intercom System](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/VehicularIntercomSystem.jpg) ![Vehicular Intercom System](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/VehicularIntercomSystem.jpg)
...@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ IMSI-Catcher come in uncountable shapes and sizes: ...@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ IMSI-Catcher come in uncountable shapes and sizes:
![Disguised Cell Tower](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/DisguisedCellTower.jpg) ![Disguised Cell Tower](https://spideroak.com/share/IFEU2U2JINCA/GitHub/home/SecUpwN/SpiderOak/DOCUMENTATION/IMSI-Catchers/DisguisedCellTower.jpg)
* More pictures: Google "GSM Interceptor", "IMSI-Catcher", "StingRay" or "Cell Site Simulator". * Google: "GSM Interceptor", "IMSI-Catcher", "StingRay" or "Cell Site Simulator".
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