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buckle8017 • yesterday at 1:57 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

High probability the NSA has satellites intercepting cellular radio traffic world wide with triangulation.

Pocket backdoors.

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aorloff • yesterday at 4:23 AM

Cell triangulation is practically consumer grade technology now

For a while just before smartphones, at least 15 years ago now, carriers were experimenting with APIs that allow opted-in dumbphones to be triangulated (via cell tower) and tracked via API.

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throwaway2037 • yesterday at 5:30 AM

Is this traffic encrypted?

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