North Shore Rescue LifeSeeker tech saves missing ebiker | "The unit works like a portable cell tower, allowing rescuers to detect and locate active phones in places where there’s no regular service."

Otter Raft@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

North Shore Rescue LifeSeeker tech saves missing ebiker | "The unit works like a portable cell tower, allowing rescuers to detect and locate active phones in places where there’s no regular service."

non_burglar@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

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ICE is using the modern equivalent of Stingrays to intercept LTE and 5g bandwidths, either to stop all mobile transmissions or to capture them.

This tech acts as the beacon part of an LTE tower and records responses. As they fly, responses become stronger or weaker, allowing rough triangulation.

They use this tech among others on big “sweeper” planes out of Comox for SAR when a plane goes down and it can’t immediately be located. It can detect nearly every kind of radio, even really weak transmissions.

North Shore Rescue LifeSeeker tech saves missing ebiker | "The unit works like a portable cell tower, allowing rescuers to detect and locate active phones in places where there’s no regular service."

North Shore Rescue LifeSeeker tech saves missing ebiker | "The unit works like a portable cell tower, allowing rescuers to detect and locate active phones in places where there’s no regular service."

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