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  • Jun, Wed, 2023
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Tracking Mobile Phone Locations Using Silent SMS Messages

A group of researchers have discovered a method to estimate a phone’s location with 96% accuracy by exploiting the vulnerabilities in GSMA networks, which handle SMS messaging globally. The process involves a side-channel attack using SMS delivery reports, which can provide a sender with estimates of the recipient’s location based on the timings of these messages. The attack…

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