Rayhunter’s Hunt for Spies: The Open Source Tool That’s Making Waves Globally! 🌍🔍
Rayhunter, our open-source tool for detecting cell-site simulators, has sparked massive community involvement, helping us uncover potential surveillance in unexpected places—like a cruise port in the Turks and Caicos. While no evidence of CSS use at US protests has been found, Rayhunter’s global expansion aims to keep eyes everywhere!
Hot Take:
Who knew that finding fake cell towers would become the new weekend hobby? Rayhunter is basically the ‘Where’s Waldo’ of counter-surveillance, giving police and protesters alike a run for their money. It’s like PokĂ©mon Go for tech-savvy activists, except instead of catching Pikachu, you’re catching Stingrays. And while it hasn’t yet caught any in the U.S. during protests, it’s still the coolest tool you never knew you needed.
Key Points:
– Rayhunter is an open-source tool for detecting cell-site simulators (CSS), also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays.
– The project has sparked significant community engagement and has been used at protests to detect CSS use.
– No evidence of CSS use at protests in the U.S. has been found, but it’s been detected in other locations like cruise ports.
– Alternative surveillance methods like license plate readers and facial recognition are more commonly used by law enforcement.
– Rayhunter’s efficacy has been confirmed through testing against commercial CSS, and future plans aim to gather more international data.