Smile! You’re on a stolen iPhone’s candid camera! by Lisa Vaas.
Lisa tells the story of Anthony van der Meer and his creation of a honeypot phone in order to create a film about who would steal a cellphone?
The phone was rigged to allow Van der Meer to spy on the thief and quite to my surprise, Lisa raises the question of whether it is “ethical” to spy on the thief?
How very curious. Thieves have privacy rights?
Van der Meer’s case it possible the original thief simply sold the phone but even if you credit that tale, would you buy a phone at below market value on the street? And not suspect there was something odd about the transaction?
In any event, I do appreciate Lisa’s story because it points to a great technique for piercing government security. After all, what government staffer would not appreciate finding a quite new and unlocked iPhone 7?
Of course they want to use their phones to access their government email, networks, etc.
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Better penetration efforts everywhere are already using this technique but just in case it has not occurred to you, enjoy!
Don’t get your hopes up too high. Places that are somewhat serious about security, DOE (read nuclear sites), CIA, etc., prohibit cellphones altogether on premises.
That leaves hundreds of thousands of other government sites and facilities open, not to mention the users themselves.