25C3 - 1.4.2.3

25th Chaos Communication Congress
Nothing to hide

Speakers
Tobias Engel
Schedule
Day Day 1 (2008-12-27)
Room Saal 2
Start time 21:45
Duration 01:00
Info
ID 2997
Event type lecture
Track Hacking
Language used for presentation en
Feedback

Locating Mobile Phones using SS7

You are used to your mobile phone number following you around the globe. But the same functionality that makes you reachable worldwide can also be used to track your whereabouts down to city-level – without you ever knowing about it.

This talk will explain what SS7 features are exploited for locating mobile phones, how the returned information has to be interpreted and what you can (and can't) do against being located that way without having to turn off your phone altogether.

Archived page - Impressum/Datenschutz