Fake Cell Phone Towers & CryptoPhone

Seventeen fake cellphone towers were discovered across the U.S. last week. They were discovered by using the CryptoPhone, an Android-based secure mobile phone with 360° mobile device security for secure messaging and voice over IP communication on any network.

“What we find suspicious is that a lot of these interceptors are right on top of U.S. military bases. So we begin to wonder – are some of them U.S. government interceptors? Or are some of them Chinese interceptors?” says Goldsmith. “Whose interceptor is it? Who are they, that’s listening to calls around military bases? Is it just the U.S. military, or are they foreign governments doing it? The point is: we don’t really know whose they are.” -Les Goldsmith

What does that mean for the average person? It means you are being spied upon, whether you like it or not, if you carry your phone with you. To what extent? It is hard to tell. Why? We have no idea why. What’s at risk? Everything your phone knows about you.

Read more here at Popular Science