This shows you whether your connection to the base station is encrypted. Cheaper IMSI catchers like this may not support encryption, but I'm sure the newer ones all do.
You could just as well be having an encrypted conversation to the stingray device, as the GSM protocol only authenticates the handset to the network, but not the network to the handset.
I've been a subscriber to the print magazine for a few years now, and honestly I think it's been going downhill, at least when it comes to political news.
Where they used to have pretty thoughtful commentary, I now get the feeling I'm mostly reading western propaganda with little regards to the facts.
I guess their business section is still okay, and their technology quarterlies are often interesting.
> Also, why the hell would anyone give it to the Russians?
If you're concerned about the morality of it, who would you consider "okay" to sell it to? (I'm assuming the tor project itself does not have funds to pay for vulnerabilities)
This shows you whether your connection to the base station is encrypted. Cheaper IMSI catchers like this may not support encryption, but I'm sure the newer ones all do.
You could just as well be having an encrypted conversation to the stingray device, as the GSM protocol only authenticates the handset to the network, but not the network to the handset.