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size=5><FONT color=#003399> </FONT>Dominator I is an inconspicuous gadget
that eavesdrops on GSM calls</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Shhh… Big Brother can hear you. No seriously, they just
declassified the Dominator I (friendly sounding name, isn’t it?), which
obviously can tune in on all GSM phone calls in its range – plus it can read
your SMS messages too. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><IMG class=aligncenter title="" style="BEHAVIOR: none"
height=326 alt="Dominator I"
src="http://blog.gsmarena.com/pics/10/05/dominator-i/gsmarena_001.jpg"
isImg="false"></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Magnet Dominator I GSM eavesdropping system was
developed for the military (no word which one exactly) exploiting the recently
cracked A5/1 encryption of the GSM communications. The whole setup consists of a
laptop, two relatively small boxes and a couple of directional antennas that you
point to the zone (people) you want to eavesdrop on. The whole thing can fit in
a suitcase, weighs 5.6 kilograms and can be powered by a car battery just as
well. And it can intercept and record four independent GSM calls in
real-time.<SPAN id=more-4031></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Dominator system is undetectable by both the user and
the network operator and in an urban environment it can capture calls in a
100-150 meter radius (up to a kilometer in rural areas). An optional add-on
boosts that range to 2km.</FONT></P>
<P sizcache="3" sizset="10"><FONT face=Tahoma>The way this thing work is by
</FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack"
target=_blank modo="false"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#8c7042>doing a
man-in-the-middle type of attack</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma>. It creates a new
cell tower to which mobile phones hook up and redirects the traffic to the
operator’s real tower without either party finding out about these
shenanigans.</EMBED></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Up to 4 calls can be recorded simultaneously by the Magnet
Dominator I, and it can store up to 10,000 recorded calls and a lot of SMS
messages too.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The military version of a TV ad for the Dominator I was
recently declassified – so, they’ve probably had it for a while. </FONT></P>
<P sizcache="3" sizset="11"><FONT face=Tahoma>Dominator I can only break A5/1
encryption (which was reported </FONT><A
href="http://www.gsmarena.com/the_gsm_encryption_algorithm_was_broken-news-1347.php"><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#8c7042>to be weak a while ago</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma>).
This means that 3G calls (which use the stronger A5/3 encryption) are safe. That
encryption </FONT><A
href="http://www.gsmarena.com/that_didnt_take_long__encryption_used_in_3g_networks_broken_too-news-1379.php"><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#8c7042>was broken too</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma>, but
whether or not a system that can do it in practice exists is anyone’s guess.
Make yours in the comments. </FONT></P>
<P sizcache="3" sizset="13"><A
href="http://www.dseinternational.com/ProductPDFs/GSM-DominatorI%20brochure(2)+DF.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma color=#8c7042>Product brochure</FONT></A><FONT
face=Tahoma> <EM>(PDF link)</EM></FONT></P>
<P sizcache="3" sizset="13"><FONT face=Tahoma><EM></EM></FONT> </P>
<P sizcache="3" sizset="13"><FONT face=Tahoma><EM>Fonte: </EM><STRONG>GSMArena
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