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#595: How to Detect Fake Cell Towers Near You

Podcast: David Bombal · David Bombal

Opublikowano: 2026-08-18

Big thanks to Proton VPN for sponsoring this video. To sign up for Proton VPN please use the following link https://protonvpn.com/davidbombal and get 70% off. Learn how fake cell towers and Stingray-style devices can be used to track phones, capture metadata, and monitor cellular activity. OTW joins David Bombal to demonstrate how SDR tools such as HackRF, RTL-SDR, DragonOS, and Falcon can be used to scan nearby cell towers and investigate suspicious signals. They look at how 4G and 5G networks work, why mobile networks still expose valuable metadata, how IMSI catchers operate, and what suspicious or rogue...