Huh. So, making cell site simulators be more useful than just for doing wholesale surveillance?
Wonder if the goal is as wholesome (tool for rescue) as it seems, or there is some sort of commodization of this sort of tools being done, and so should not be subject to any special restrictions or regulation.
Would this work for a phone that is in airplane mode? Meaning does airplane mode - which we all like to use to save battery power at times - still broadcast an IMEI beacon?
And yet it's a reasonable question, because who's to say that it isn't slightly more complicated? Almost everything else is after all:
“Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made a recommendation on the use of electronic devices in airplane mode—cellular telephony must be disabled, while Wi-Fi may be used if the carrier offers it.”
Huh. So, making cell site simulators be more useful than just for doing wholesale surveillance?
Wonder if the goal is as wholesome (tool for rescue) as it seems, or there is some sort of commodization of this sort of tools being done, and so should not be subject to any special restrictions or regulation.
Seems like a modern iPhone or Pixel 9 or greater or S24/25 user could just use satellite service and that will eventually be available for everybody.
Would this work for a phone that is in airplane mode? Meaning does airplane mode - which we all like to use to save battery power at times - still broadcast an IMEI beacon?
The whole point of flight mode is to prevent the phone transmitting...
And yet it's a reasonable question, because who's to say that it isn't slightly more complicated? Almost everything else is after all:
“Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made a recommendation on the use of electronic devices in airplane mode—cellular telephony must be disabled, while Wi-Fi may be used if the carrier offers it.”
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_mode
Wow, when I'm hiking, my phone is always on flight mode. Being far from cell towers drains the battery pretty quick. If I was lost, even more so.