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0 pointstopynate5y ago0 comments

> since they remove GPS, microphones, have a custom OS and provide anonymous burner SIMs on a subscription

That is, do a bunch of crap that will immediately make you stand out to any modern (by which I mean, total) surveillance agency. The syndicates' problem isn't stupidity but immodesty – typical of organized crime. They thought they were, not smart, but the smartest, and that made it easy for other criminals to sell them garbage security products.

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wp3816405y ago· 2 in thread

From a network perspective it’s indistinguishable from a 4G hotspot

The devices are also heavily rotated, they can also have IMEI numbers updated

To date with all of the public breach details it’s always been humint that lead to the networks being taken down

gruez5y ago

> From a network perspective it’s indistinguishable from a 4G hotspot

Not exactly, because that would depend on how competent the network is. For a "dumb" network yes, they won't know whether it's a 4g hotspot or not, but it's conceivable that an all-knowing adversary (eg. NSA) can infer the make/model of the phone based on fingerprinting or even the IMEI.

rswail5y ago

Except the NSA is not interested particularly in criminals. Their job is national security, not law enforcement.

ParanoidShroom5y ago

Kinda true. If they are talking the truth, they said they could see the phones turning on around the harbor of Antwerp, Rotterdam and in Colombia. The 3 key points for probably 50% of europe's coke. How that they can see them being turned on might be something to do with your comment.

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