Hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress 31c3 is under way in Hamburg, Germany right now where a cluster of SS7 talks have revealed the ease of invasive cell phone surveillance.
Three groundbreaking research presentations and live demonstrations on SS7 have shown that the NSA -- or any government's ability or access -- isn't needed to track you completely (and terrifyingly) with your cell phone.
CCC is livestreaming all 31c3 talks and archiving them immediately, and you can see more of the conference's great presentations online now. [Screenshot]
... "But in three of the conference's earliest presentations, onstage only a day ago, researchers show what's commercially available in the realm of phone spying, and it may scare you more than the Snowden documents."
Continued : http://www.zdnet.com/article/invasive-phone-tracking-new-ss7-research-blows-the-lid-off-personal-security/

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