this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
65 points (98.5% liked)

Hardware

6590 readers
307 users here now

All things related to technology hardware, with a focus on computing hardware.

Some other hardware communities across Lemmy:

Rules (Click to Expand):

  1. Follow the Lemmy.world Rules - https://mastodon.world/about

  2. Be kind. No bullying, harassment, racism, sexism etc. against other users.

  3. No Spam, illegal content, or NSFW content.

  4. Please stay on topic, adjacent topics (e.g. software) are fine if they are strongly relevant to technology hardware. Another example would be business news for hardware-focused companies.

  5. Please try and post original sources when possible (as opposed to summaries).

  6. If posting an archived version of the article, please include a URL link to the original article in the body of the post.

Icon by "icon lauk" under CC BY 3.0

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world
Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social
65
ICE uses this device to surveil cell phones; you can buy one for $50,000 (san.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 6 points 4 days ago

You can detect them with older mobile hotspots with a chip capable of promiscuous mode. Right now mine’s just a canary, a heads up that someone is operating an IMSI catcher nearby, but if ICE is active in your neighborhood having something like that but with more range could be useful for community early warning networks.