evacideSep 10, 2025

Is ICE about to go buck wild using cell site simulators? Good thing EFF has a project to help you detect them:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/09/09/how-ice-is-using-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-peoples-phones/

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadGeorge Pérez MarreroSep 10, 2025
@evacide not sure if I just missed it in the documentation, but do you need an active SIM card for this to work? I live Puerto Rico where Verizon doesn’t operate.
Show threadSoftwarewolf
@georgeperez @evacide IIRC you do need a sim card but it doesn't have to actually be activated.
Sep 10, 2025 at 4:32pmWeb