Collaborate Disseminate
Prisons want jamming technology to stop criminal activity, but critics warn there would be dire consequences if jamming was allowed to propagate. Continue reading ‘This Is a War’: Prisons Want Cell Phone Jammers to Stop Inmates from Communicating With the Outside World
The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System will issue a test of the Presidential Alert, used for major, nationwide emergencies. Continue reading Why FEMA Is Sending a ‘Presidential Alert’ to Your Phone Today
By Uzair Amir
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has made startling new revelations about CSS or cell-site stimulators. These cell surveillance devices, better known as Stingray, are used to disrupt communications of cell phones, mostly of criminals and lawbr… Continue reading Cell-Site surveillance devices (Stingray) could disrupt 911 emergency calls
Members of a forum where people trade stolen Instagram and other social media accounts react to Motherboard’s investigation. Continue reading Admin of Forum Where Users Trade Stolen Instagrams: Hacking Is ‘Not Our Problem’
Meet the hackers who flip seized Instagram handles and cryptocurrency in a shady, buzzing underground market for stolen accounts and usernames. Their victim’s weakness? Phone numbers. Continue reading The SIM Hijackers
Chairman Ajit Pai released a statement and fact sheet Thursday ahead of his 2018 Broadband Deployment Report. Continue reading FCC Chairman Admits Cell Phone Data Is Not the Same as Broadband Internet
Chairman Ajit Pai released a statement and fact sheet Thursday ahead of his 2018 Broadband Deployment Report. Continue reading FCC Chairman Admits Cell Phone Data Is Not the Same as Broadband Internet
Denver Gingerich is the brains behind Sopranica, a DIY, surveillance free cell phone network he hopes will one day rival big telecom companies. Continue reading This Software Developer Is Making a Surveillance-Free Cell Phone Network
Ringback tones are still a thing. Continue reading Remember When You Called Someone and Heard a Song?
Using nothing more than an antenna, a spark plug, a flyback transformer, a diode, and a car phone charger, [Kreosan] have implemented the world’s most dangerous cell-phone charger: wirelessly charging their phone from high voltage power lines. This is a demonstration of a hack that we thought was just an urban legend, but it’s probably best to leave this as just a demo — this one is probably illegal and definitely dangerous.
The charger works by holding an old TV aerial fairly close to high voltage overhead cables, and passing the resulting tiny current through a spark plug and a …read more
Continue reading Wirelessly Charge Your Phone From High Voltage Power Lines