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Subject: SMS intercept
Category: Computers > Wireless and Mobile
Asked by: looke_dooke-ga
List Price: $10.00

Posted: 28 Feb 2005 14:28 PST
Expires: 30 Mar 2005 14:28 PST
Question ID: 482500

How would I intercept all GSM SMS messages being passed from a mobile
phone cell using my computer. What RF hardware would I need and
decoding software. If this is illegal, could I do it from
international waters using a directional antenna ?

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Subject: Re: SMS intercept
From: trebek9-ga on 01 Mar 2005 04:48 PST

The last person to ask this question offered $100:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=450008

According to a BBC report
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3610865.stm), SMS experts say
it would be practically impossible to spy on text messages by
eavesdropping.

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