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Tracking Via Anonymous SIM Cards

Posted by michael on from the leaving-a-calling-card dept.

Noryungi writes "The New York Times reports that Al Qaeda operatives were tracked using the ID of the GSM phone chips sold by a Swiss company named Swisscom. Very interesting."

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  1. It's their own fault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for buying 867-5309.

  2. Nice troll, but as everyone knows, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    it was the Freemasons that shot down TWA 800.

  3. HA! by leifm · · Score: 5, Funny

    So they think I am always in my underwear drawer, since that is where the SIM card for my last GSM phone has resided for the last year.

    TDMA for life!

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