Thursday, January 5, 2023

Cell Phone Signal Allows Ukrainians to Bomb Russian Outpost

By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor
Russia has admitted that the use of cell phones by Russian soldiers, detected by the Ukrainian military, led to a rocket attack, which killed 89, the Associated Press reported. There are a number of ways the location of that cell phone could have been pinpointed. The emissions of a cell phone include metadata that may have given away its location, Kevin Kennedy, Major General, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), President and CEO, Warriors4Wireless, told Inside Towers.

“The analogy is as simple as driving down the road with your phone on. The network knows where your phone is at. Your mapping function won't work if you won't share your geolocation,” Kennedy said. Continue Reading

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