Cell Phone Security: Risks and Dangers of Mobile Communications

Due to the structure of the mobile communications system, mobile phones are much more vulnerable to hacking mobile phones "on phones.The other two main dangers with mobile communications are intercepted, and rebilling.On analog networks (which, as in have recently been replaced by the two types of digital networks: CDMA and GSM) to anyone within range of a scanner can pick up the ringing phone and hear what is being discussed. With the recent transfer to digital GSM and CDMA, the Calls are encrypted for your protection, however, that no one may interfere with the right patience can still decipher these calls and listen in your car at one conversation.Protecting against eavesdropping is very simple - consider the mobile phone as a radio station portable transmission (such as, which is really what it is) and say nothing confidential. E 'a risk to the practice of blindly trust the media, and always remember that neither mobile communications or communications lines are infinitely safer - both have hundreds of faults and potential attacks must be considered.The second cell type is known of billing fraud, and fraudulent billing. When a felon in possession of cell phone signal, you can cut to steal and clone identification numbers of the phone - the ESN and MIN. Once this information has been stolen, can be programmed to the phone, and starts the billing directly to your account. This type of cell that is criminal indicated as 'Cloner', as the clone identification Rebilling numbers.Protecting against you is a little more difficult than interceptions. Cellular networks have done much to increase the difficulty of the task Cloner, however, cloning is still happening. Disabling roaming for the support on your mobile phone is a simple way to eliminate most of the risks of cloning, cloning, and mobile roaming enabled, as it is difficult for cellular networks to locate roaming-enabled phones and close to "fraudulent use. Apart from limiting the use of roaming rebilling protection is probably a lost cause - instead, be sure to check all their phone bills, requiring a report to your service provider.Adam X. Knife is a technology enthusiast who runs a number of technologies and web sites related to communications, including the popular Windows database exeLibrary information processing, and a number of your review and long distance telephone companies' sites review.