Monday, March 12, 2007

Intercepting Text Messages

Interception of our phone calls and messages is the thing that’s ‘in’ among those who put eavesdropping first. There are various methods that are used.

- First we have phone cloning where the interceptor disguises as the receiver and receives the data, be it text or voice. Later he forwards it to the receiver.

- Another working technique for hacking into phone communications is by using certain illegal firmware that can cause your phone to pick up broadcasts from any other phone that is at a suitable proximity from the mobile station. (more)