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ProxyGambit – Anonymize net over GSM or PTP link

25 pointsby _pdp_almost 10 years ago

2 comments

dogma1138almost 10 years ago
GSM hardware is probably the mostly regulated consumer RF hardware out there, it&#x27;s also the most easily traceable. Both the imei and the iccid of your sim card are unique and identifiable.<p>In some countries you won&#x27;t even be able to buy a pre-paid sim card without an id at tmobile in Germany couple of years ago I was asked for my passport when buying one.<p>Even in places where it&#x27;s possible there will still be a mile long trace, even if paid in cash.<p>Also since mobile phone tracking was a very hot law enforcement topic since the 90&#x27;s even passive air borne scanners can pint point a handset to about 10m accuracy with ease, when combined with ground sensors and carrier telemetry they can pinpoint to which room of your house you are in.<p>So yep cool and nifty but if you are in a position in which privacy means life stay away from mobile RF as you are much better off hiding behind commercially available 1.8-5ghz radio traffic with a couple of relays. Also while mono directional antenna&#x27;s give good signal and also make the signal less noticeable if some one even gets a look at one of the end points they can also easily pin point the other&#x27;s location if they got highschool&#x2F;entry collage level physics in their toolkit.
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MrSwaggaalmost 10 years ago
It is cheaper (+ better looking, weather proof and piece of cake to configure) to buy a couple of Mikrotik routers.<p>You can get them with multiple Wifi interfaces, LTE and everything else and configure it more easily.