Re: [liberationtech] End-user IMSI detectors

2017-04-06 Thread Kurtis Heimerl
We're starting a project here at UW to explore how good these IMSI catcher catchers are in the real world. We've got a GSM spectrum license and will be running a small GSM cell network that we can then try to intercept traffic/catch users from. Should be fun. If people have suggestions for things t

Re: [liberationtech] End-user IMSI detectors

2017-04-06 Thread Cooper Quintin
I've been doing a lot of work with this over the past few months at EFF. My current conclusion is that there is nothing that an average user or activist would be able to reasonably use. However I think that someone who is reasonably technologically literate and wants to take the time to learn could

[liberationtech] Help the people of Syria get the antidote to chemical attacks

2017-04-06 Thread Yosem Companys
This is probably not the best list for this, but does anyone know of any organizations working to raise money to stockpile Pralidoxime and Atropine for use as an antidote in Syria? -- YC * “Pralidoxime is the antidote for Sarin,” says Tennari — referring to the deadly nerve gas considered a w

Re: [liberationtech] End-user IMSI detectors

2017-04-06 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 06.04.2017 18:28, Bill Ulrich wrote: > I've been playing with an Android App that may be what you're looking for: > > https://github.com/CellularPrivacy/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector There's also SnoopSnitch: https://opensource.srlabs.de/projects/snoopsnitch https://play.google.com/store/app

Re: [liberationtech] End-user IMSI detectors

2017-04-06 Thread Bill Ulrich
Hello Chris, I've been playing with an Android App that may be what you're looking for: https://github.com/CellularPrivacy/Android-IMSI-Catcher-Detector It's in early development and requires the ability to load the app directly on to the phone, which could be a barrier. Cheers, Bill On 04

[liberationtech] End-user IMSI detectors

2017-04-06 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Chris Beck Does anyone have any suggestions about end-user IMSI detectors? Do fake cell towers have characteristics that a phone-installable app could detect? Cheers, Chris -- [Christopher Beck] [+ChrisBeck ] a) You don't get good government from people who