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‘Fake Cell Towers’, Possible ‘Interceptors,’ Have Just Been Discovered In A Very Scary Place – Experts Have Identified Interceptor Towers Near Locations Where Privileged Communications…
Norvell Rose / Western Journalism
Have you ever stopped to think that your cell phone conversations might be intercepted by so-called “fake” or “interceptor” cell towers? Could domestic surveillance and law enforcement agencies be using such towers to spy on people?
According to a recent investigative piece on newsweek.com, the answer is “yes” — cell towers operated by, or in service of, the government could well be messing with your private communications.
Now the Washington Times reports that suspicious cell towers have been discovered not where they could be used by the government, but could present a real threat to government operations as well as to national security.
According to the Times article, experts have identified interceptor towers near locations where privileged communications are extremely sensitive — the White House and the U.S. Capitol. And who’s secretly doing the listening? Probably foreign agents, says one expert.
“It’s highly unlikely that federal law enforcement would be using mobile interceptors near the Senate,” ESD America CEO Les Goldsmith told the technology website Venture Beat on Thursday.
The towers are also capable of loading spyware onto a mobile device before passing off a victim’s call to a legitimate network.
“My suspicion is that it is a foreign entity,” he told Venture Beat.
The reason Mr. Goldsmith doesn’t suspect U.S. agencies of placing the interceptors is that the federal government already has the capability of tapping directly into the carriers.
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You must submit! The Borg is the collective, the dear leaders have spoken, who are we paeons to think we get any privacy or freedom! Absurd!