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GSM hijacking + VoIP + community wifi

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: August 1, 2010
Via HN: Chris Paget demonstrated a nifty little GSM hijacking device at Defcon: with a directional antenna and some clever OpenBTS-based software, he was able to provide an irresistably-strong signal for cellphones, which would switch off call encryption and then trunk the call onto a VoIP network. Sure, this is awesome for espionage, playing jokes on [...]
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Fun with a rooted G1

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: November 29, 2009
After months of having a totally stock tmobile G1, I’ve finally bitten the bullet, rooted my phone, and installed a pre-packaged new and improved firmware and OS, CyanogenMod.  What fun!  It’s actually noticably faster, as it runs the processor a little more (which hurts battery life a bit), and it also has some great nerd [...]
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