Mani Teja, Mar 12, 2019
Apple has started to develop anti-snooping technology. The primary purpose of this new tech is to stop the government forces from tracking iPhone users’ location or reading any personal messages. The smartphone giant has patented a way to cypher the mobile signals that are sent between their users’ phones and mobile towers, to protect the users from the eyes of authorities.
As The Telegraph reports it, the innovation would obstruct the use of “Stingray” boxes, which act as mobile phone masts. These boxes can track locations of users or even listen to personal calls.
Stingrays are also sometimes called IMSI catchers. The police forces in the UK have been know to use them, but it’s not entirely clear how often. A stingray fools mobile phones by acting like a cellular phone tower to which the phones connect. As a result, the device can track down a phone’s location and also eavesdrop on calls or messages…
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