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- ...we should stop pretending that this capability is exclusive to law enforcement, and recognize that we're all at risk because of it. If we continue to allow our cellular networks to be vulnerable to IMSI-catchers, then we are all vulnerable to any foreign government, criminal, hacker, or hobbyist that builds one. If we instead engineer our cellular networks to be secure against this sort of attack, then we are safe against all those attackers.
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Another quote from another article referenced in this article: Gah. I hadn't put two and two together on that one yet.There are dozens of these devices scattered around Washington, DC, and the rest of the country run by who-knows-what government or organization. Criminal uses are next.