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UNITED STATES EUROPE Issue dated 26/08/2010

DIY mobile phone tapping

The interception of mobile telephone calls requires a costly tapping device. Now, however, there is a low-cost alternative. [...] (324 words)
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Special report 17/09/2012
Telephone tapping: Governments no longer hold a monopoly

Telephone tapping: Governments no longer hold a monopoly 

Forget expensive electronic gear and secretive maneuvers once needed to tap into telephone lines. It's now possible technically - if not exactly legal - to intercept GSM communications with light and inexpensive equipment. Hackers have succeeded in building makeshift antenna relays to capture GSM transmissions and to even hack into Femtocell, a small cellular base station specially designed for home and small businesses. [...]

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