According to an article published this night by a very well-known American publication, Ministry of Justice used fake phone towers placed on airplanes to steal data from phones users who have logged in to them. Dirtbox is the name given by the American press to these fake phone towers, they are created to steal data from alleged criminals, with the data of innocent citizens also being taken in the process. The devices used by the Americans could simultaneously retrieve data from tens of thousands of mobile phones in a single flight, providing the strongest signal for mobile phones, which would automatically connect to them.
After connecting to the phone, the darbox identifies the terminal for confirm that it belongs to a criminal, who was later located with a margin of error of only 3 meters. Separate from location, dirtboxes are capable of stealing text messages, pictures or other types of information from calor phones that connect to them, and if the phone is proven to belong to an ordinary citizen, the data would have been automatically deleted. Given the dubious method of obtaining the information, Ministry of Justice it is now criticized by the American press, but the simple technology used speaks volumes about how a government can monitor us at any time.
