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some_guy @lemmy.sdf.org

4w ago

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

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I've set up a community specifically for release updates from the Rayhunter Github at !Rayhunter@lemm.ee if anyone is interested

I bought one of the hotspots and look forward to what I find after flashing it.
- Same here. I really hope I find nothing, but I also hope I find something.
- I looked and it seems these hotspots are Verizon-specific. Is that what we're supposed to get?
  
  I assume the eff's link was both specific and intentional. Mine showed up yesterday and installing the thing was very easy. Looks to work.
  
  Shouldn't matter since you're running different firmware it sounds like.

Hard to get in EU. If anyone knows a way to get one in EU (no Amazon), let me know. The issue is the shipping cost.
- And perhaps different wavelengths?
  
  Could you elaborate on this please?
- Reshipper possibly. Still expensive to ship though.

I've got this running. Haven't caught any Stingrays yet but I also haven't been into town yet.
E: Went into town for SXSW, still nothing

Does this detect only Verizon bands or does it work for AT&T/T-Mobile towers too? I'm tempted to get this just out of curiosity but if it's only Verizon bands it's not really useful to me unless the fake towers attach to any device regardless of carrier.
Edit: Was able to find a brand new one on Ebay for a whopping $12 after taxes with free shipping. At the very least it'll be a nice paperweight if it proves useless to me. 😆

Neat!

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