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Hidden Employees GPS Tracking Is Now Legal: WTF?!
If you are an employee of some company, your boss can now absolutely legally place GPS tracker on your car and track your location during the working time. Want to say something about the violation of your privacy rights and the 4th Amendment? Forget it!
Big Brother And You: Good And Bad GPS Tracking
Orwell's book 1984 turned on alerts about all authorities always watching, yet his fictional piece of work is crawling ever closer to real world. As more cases with GPS tracking involved come into the spotlight, inhabitants are starting to understand what is at risk. Even the Supreme Court of the country appears to be doubtful about what to decide with the liability of a special warrant before starting to track the suspected person.
SWARM: Smart And Agile Quadrocopters Which Might Be Very Dangerous
Nowadays the University of Pennsylvania is developing quite interesting and very promising project called SWARM (Scalable sWarms of Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors). Among all sub-projects of this project one is definitely stands out. It is a project of GRASP Lab that consists of developing the quadrocopters which are very maneuverable and easy to control using remote controls.
Privacy Versus Protection: Supreme Court Opened Pandora Box
Our world is becoming completely connected day by day, and every one of us who just live and goes to work and interact with other people in this digital world give small pieces of ourselves away. Considering social media apps like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn and others, private and business information that earlier was thought about as extremely individual and classified, nowadays has been made easily accessible to all people with a single click of their mice.
Southwest Airlines: Wiretapping Vulnerabilities and How to Deal With Them?
University of Colorado recently checked the security of 230+ widely liked iOS apps because they wanted to know how much secured different apps for smartphones and tablets. They made really shocking discovery. The biggest potential security breach is hidden in Southwest Airlines app for iPhone. This app leaves user data vulnerable to different hackers.
Meet WiLink 8.0: New NFC Chip Made By Texas Instruments
NFC, a cordless technology mainly utilized to make mobile payments, has not taken off absolutely in the US. It is available in few smartphones, but banks and different carriers are arguing over payment services, while smartphone manufacturers such as Motorola, for example, have said that they do not wish to carry out such expensive innovation without being sure that it will be utilized.
UK Will Spy On All Its Population In Every Possible Way
Yes, this is not a fiction anymore. MI5, MI6, GCHQ and other governmental and military organizations will use all ways available to collect the broad range of data about every single citizen of United Kingdom. Landlines, mobile phones of Virgin Media, Vodafone, BT, Sky and O2 carriers, social networks communication from common Facebook wall posts to personal messages in Twitter, e-mails and many more – all will be used for data collection.
The Indian Government Plans to Track All Phones: What is Known About It?
The authorities in India are planning to track all cell phone users. As per changes made to all licenses of their operators, starting May 31 of this year, operators will have to furnish the Department of Telecommunications with real-time lists of latitudes and longitudes pointing at mobile phone users' locations.
Chronos Sentinel Project: Many Lies About GPS Jammers
In recent weeks whole internet was cluttering about the Sentinel research that was held in United Kingdom. There were dozens of articles describing those events in the fullest detail. As far as I know, it all began from the BBC News article and spread along the internet, but there is one thing for you to know: not all they have written there is truth. In fact, the article has many shady facts which are sometimes, not to put too fine a point on it, are absolutely wrong.
Cell Phone Webs Spread Enough Data To Chase Your Location
GSM cell phone networks leak sufficient amount of location information to give different third-parties easy access to cell phone users' location, according to the recent University of Minnesota research.
Manufacturers Of Tracking Devices Are Trying To Avoid Jamming
The story about Chronos Sentinel Project in UK is spreading on the internet like a fire in the wood storage. People discuss the matter and during those hot debates there are those who agree with the GPS jammers and those who don’t, and it is natural and quite normal. But the governments of different countries are making some steps to deal with the situation.
Sky Sapience HoverMast: New Type Of Oversight Drones
An appropriately named startup that is called Sky Sapience has been creating a tethered hovercraft which can send into the air its surveillance mechanism for up to 50 meters high. The weight of this surveillance drone is 10 kilograms and it is called HoverMast. This advanced multipurpose surveillance machine can carry up to 9 kilograms of various equipment for surveillance and wireless data transfer through wide band communication channels. Sky Sapience, that is located in Israel, will demonstrate its innovative invention at the International conference of Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems that will be held in Tel Aviv on March 20-22.
Indoor Location Tracking Will Be Widespread By 2013
“There are already tens of thousands of different location-aware apps for smartphones today,” said CEO of Micello Ankit Agarwal that furnishes gadget-friendly indoor maps to app-making companies. “All of those apps are going to be indoors too.”
Bangalore Will Employ Mobile Jammers For Supremacy
The cell phones of lawmakers won't work inside the Legislative Assembly and also in the Legislative Council anymore. The officers taking chair in both houses have ordered people in charge of security to replace old jamming devices with new models which would prevent both GSM (as old ones did) and 3G cell phones from working.
GPS Tracking Might Work Without GPS Soon
The competition of the tablet development industry is going to become extremely fascinating. Ever since famous Apple's iPad basically changed computing world, in the same way IBM changed it in 1981, users wish to get some handheld entertainment gadgets in their hands as quickly as it is possible.
The Biggest Spy Center In USA: The NSA Has Overmatched Everyone
The latest news about UK plans to spy on its citizens and India trying to spy on all mobile phones in the country are nothing in comparison to the latest scandal in the USA related to the illegal intrusion of the secret intelligence agencies into the private life of common American citizens. The reason of it is the latest edition of the Wired magazine with the picture you can see above at the cover. The facility you see there is being constructed by the NSA (National Security Agency of the USA), and this facility is nothing more but the gigantic intelligence and spying center, where all information about ordinary American citizens will be stored — starting from their phone conversations recorded and ending with Google search queries. The author of this article, based on the sources from NSA, is a well-known journalist James Bamford. Since the beginning of the 1970s he wrote four books about NSA as its primary chronicler and critic at the same time.
The Future Of Communications: LTE, 3G, Femtocell Or Wi-Fi?
The future of communications technology is a little bit unclear but there are some facts pointing at the direction of its development in the years to come
President Obama Wants To Track Your Location
According to the federal law, even the simplest cell phone must be able to gather user's location data so that 911 emergency services can react appropriately in case of any emergency. Current Obama administration, nevertheless, wishes to grab this information for its own aims.
Teens Must Not Mix Cell Phones With Cars
New driver appeared in your family these days? If it is your daughter, you can make wise thing and remind her that using her mobile phone in the vehicle is not the best idea. This advice works well for anyone in your family, yet latest study shows that all teen girls are almost two times more likely to use cell phones or other electronic gadgets while driving than teen boys - and that may spell car crash.
China Helps Iran To Spy On All Its Citizens
Chinese company that specializes on telecommunication equipment sold a package of advanced surveillance equipment that works as a system and can easily monitor different activities of communications users like landline and mobile communications, internet traffic, short messages, e-mails and even track the locations of mobile phones using their embedded navigation microchips.
10 Ways For Your Smartphone To Discover Where You Are
Modern world is so full of technology that sometimes we don’t even notice its presence. Still we are surrounded by many sensors, microchips and other small things which take part in our life. And one type of them is a combination of passive and active tracking technologies which you should know about.
You Smartphone Becomes The Ultimate Tracking Machine
Location-based services market is a quickly growing market that will grow to more than $8 billion in 2014. It includes not only common outdoor GPS tracking, but also rapidly advancing indoor tracking that has been developed by many different companies in various shapes and with different technologies being used for it. So let us describe you some examples which will show you how developed indoor tracking is.
Egypt Is Spying On Its Citizens Via Cell Phones And Internet
Yep, the list of countries which spy on their citizens added one more country – Egypt. Their main telecommunication company called Telecom Egypt that is owned by the Egypt government has the ability to monitor web traffic and cell phone data. And all this they can do with the help of American equipment.
China Will Track Cell Phones Of The Whole Beijing Population
Official government of Beijing in China, that is one of the most populated cities on the planet, will soon begin to track the everyday movements of all 17 million people living there by tracking their mobile phone locations. Government has offered a new program intended to help minimize traffic congestion by furnishing the detailed information on citizens' movements around the Beijing.
All US Cars Will Have Black Boxes By 2015
The Senate Bill named Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act is claiming that starting from 2015 all new cars sold in the USA must have data recorders installed inside them. Those systems will work like black boxes in planes, allowing the Big Brother to not just track the location of your vehicle in real time using GPS tracking but also to eavesdrop what is going on in your car. Can you believe it?!
CTIA Does Not Want To Get Warrant Every Time They Grant Data To Law Enforcements
If you think that it is in the best interest of all mobile operators to protect the privacy of their own clients and to defend their fundamental rights – forget it. It is sad to say but you are wrong about it. It seems that CTIA (which is the industry association of mobile operators) is opposing an attempt in California to make all mobile operators to always get a warrant before they can disclose private information to law enforcement agencies.
Police Of Victoria, Australia Will Operate Flying Spy Drones
Police say this technology would make their job safer yet civil libertarians fear that drone usage would lead to serious intrusions in people's privacy. Police won't clarify what parts would be assigned to those drones in different departments, yet it’s believed they would be utilized in surveillance and also during automobile chases. In a written announcement, Victoria Police depicted the technology as quickly developing and said something that could create more efficient and much safer policing is definitely worth estimating.
10 Creepiest Apps Ever Created For iPhone And Facebook
There are many apps today which share our location data and other private information. While some of them are really useful, other ones may become very, very creepy. Here is the list of 10 creepiest apps we have managed to compile.
Sending Messages While Walking: Would You Like It To Become Forbidden?
This is the question you should think about today. You can ask me: why do I even bother about it? As the answer to your question I would like to say that despite the fact that it seems not much of a problem (in compare to texting while driving for example) this topic raises its popularity these days. That is why I ask you to think about it deeply and consider the options. I also give you some examples as food for thought.
Canada Will Spy On All Its Inhabitants Via Mobile Phones And Internet
In mid-February Canada proposed Internet surveillance bill known as Bill C-30, but it was not approved. Now Canadian authorities renewed the discussion of this bill with many Canadian telecom carriers and internet providers including such companies as Bell Canada, Cogeco, Quebecor, Eagle, MTS Allstream, RIM, Telus, Videotron, Rogers, Sasktel and Wind Mobile together with industry associations (Canadian Network Operators Consortium and Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association).
FBI Wants To Readily Eavesdrop Internet And Mobile Communications
Recently Federal Bureau of Investigations announced that they will open new cyber intelligence and research division that will be formed with the main goal of inventing such type of technology that will allow police and other law enforcement agencies to more readily eavesdrop the wireless and internet communications of all citizens. This new unit of FBI will be called National Domestic Communications Assistance Center, or NDCAC.
US Judges Approve 30000 Secret Electronic Management Orders Every Year
Yes, it is not a joke. It is hard to believe at first, yet it is an absolute truth. It became possible due to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA), and that is why huge corporations and digital privacy advocates got the changing of this act as their top legislative priority. Federal judge Stephen Smith made his own research on this topic. According to his findings, in 2006 there were 30000 sealed surveillance orders, based on ECPA, across the country.
FLEOA Wants No Warrants For Geolocation Data From Smartphones
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association concussed the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security to dispose a bill that required law enforcement agencies to get a warrant before obtaining geolocation data from any person’s smartphone with help of mobile phone carrier. Law enforcement agencies say that they use geolocation data as the historical information that may become the basis to get a warrant for more serious measures.
Radio Frequency Interference Grenade: Jams IED Detonators And Remote Controls
The company from Israel called Netline Communications Technologies has recently developed and announced its new and quite original ammunition: the smallest jamming transmitter in the world made for soldiers fighting at the battlefield. This device is made to the shape of a hand grenade and it is called Portable Jammer Pack, or PJP. Before everything else PJP is designed for blocking the signals of radio proximity fuses including not only professional radio detonated bombs but improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as well.
Can You Shield Yourself In This Smartphone-Owned World?
Read this very carefully and remember: from now on you are being watched. It sounds fantastic or creepy to you? Just look closely at the stranger, sitting in the other end of the hall. Although it seems like he is talking via his smartphone, he is actually shooting pictures of you with the help of special app. And this is only the beginning. At that morning meeting last Tuesday, when you made that insolent joke about your new boss, the smartphone of your co-worker, quietly lying at the table, was recording every word you said. Later that evening when you were at the restaurant and made a flirty but innocent joke to the waitress, someone was recording video of the whole interaction.
New Indoor Location Tracking Technology Coming To Your Smartphone
As you probably already know, homing pigeon is able to navigate back home over very long distances, yet there are other animals, like spiny lobster for example, which are able to do pretty much the same only on local level of their environments. Research has proven that these creatures of the ocean are able to retrieve positional information from orientation cues which arise from many local anomalies of magnetic field of the Earth. With the accurate compass embedded in every Android device and iPhone, one team of Engineers working at the University of Oulu located in Finland have recently created a new kind of indoor location tracking technology that doesn’t need any Wi-Fi hotspots or Bluetooth beacons, yet instead provides a huge update to one of the oldest navigating technologies used by mankind.
iRobots May Inspire Other Robot Manufacturers
One of the cornerstones of the modern technological development and overall progress is robotic industry. There are many creative minds and enthusiasts in this field, not only amateurs but professionals as well. One of them is the famous iRobot company that already made many cool robots like iRobot Warrior or iRobot Roomba. So IEEE made a video tour into their headquarters and found out a lot of different interesting things about the technology and development of iRobot’s robots.
Hackers Can Blow Up Printer Inside Your House
Researchers from Columbia University have found a scary security exploit during their researches. This exploit can not only make your personal data open for skilled hackers to steal at will, but can in addition end up in the blow up of your printer and as a result setting your whole house on fire. And I am not joking around. Those researchers have found out that certain models of wireless HP LaserJet printers (yet could hypothetically be any wireless model of printers from any manufacturer) are vulnerable to specific malware attack that can grant an absolute control of your wireless printer to the hacker from any point of the world.
CCTV Surveillance Will Remain After Olympics
Many people have said that the legacy of this year’s London Olympics will be related to surveillance, yet with recent announcement of Domain Awareness System in New York, it definitely looks like security expansion of big cities will be the overall legacy of 2012. The notorious surveillance bureau called Britain is a current home to more than 4.2 million of CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras, and that is 1 CCTV camera for every 14 citizens. By comparison, there are 1.3 billion of people live in China, and this country has only 2.75 million of CCTV cameras, and that is 1 camera for every 472 000 citizens.
Yes, There Is Life Without Your Smartphone
In the report recently released by Online Publishing Association, the statistic was that 68% of smartphone owners nowadays say they cannot live without their precious smartphones. I guess they are bunch of recalcitrant kids. It does not matter what you do or who you are – you can live even without your smartphone.
A Call From Prison, Or Criminals On Vacation, While In Jail?
A long time ago I wrote about the situation with cell phones in Indian Coimbatore Prison. Indian authorities refused to equip their jails with the jammers and prisoners used mobile gadgets such as smartphones almost freely. I suppose that you’ll agree with me on that, that letting this is rather unfair and may be even dangerous. Just imagine what criminal can accomplish having an access to the internet, possibility to make calls and send text messages. Inmates can make a plan of an escape, coordinate other crimes from inside the prison facility and even to organize a prison riot. I’ve decided to go back to this topic, because the situation with cell phones in prison changed.
Smartstart - An Easy Way To Lose Your Property And Annoy All Neighbors
There so many technologies around us, and sometimes that annoy a little. Not the fact of the technology itself, but the inappropriate use of that tech. I’m sure that a lot of people had such situations when somebody has annoyed them with his smartphone or something like that. I’ve never had such situations earlier, until now. My neighbor bought a new car. He has always parked his vehicle near my window but that never bothered me, because it was clean and he started it and went to work really fast.
A Short Review On Why Apple iPhone 5 Is Better Than iPhone 4
Apple Inc. has released a new version of their famous iPhone, the iPhone 5. Yes, it’s the day to throw your iPhone 4 because it is no longer socially acceptable. Some people joke that it has a built-in Andriod-fans hiker. Anyway it’s much more up-to-date than iPhone 4 and its sales are just huge. Also this new iPhone 5 appears to be almost unjammable.
Main Risks Of Wireless Networks. How To Protect Them From Hackers
The development and expansion of wireless technologies brought us not only advantages and mobility, but also risks. Wide commercial use of Wi-Fi wireless corporate networks breed the whole new generation of hackers those are oriented on wireless attacks. Here we will analyze the main risks of wireless networking and the ways how to minimize or expel them.
Chinese Spies At Bay, Or How Hardware Vendors Help The Government
Do you have an internet connection at home? Maybe you use a Wi-Fi router to access the internet with your tablet or smartphone. Then you surely own some Huawei or ZTE equipment. It may be a modem or a router or just a network adapter. Then you should know that Chinese government may have a possibility to spy on you.
Google Is Proud To Present Two New Ways Of Geolocation And Tracking
“Businesses have a lot of moving parts – sometimes quite literally. Map-based information is useful for any business that relies on a fleet of vehicles, employees who travel, or other mobile resources” – that’s how Google’s blog post begins and it tell us about the two new ways of geolocation, based on Google Maps service.
Car Hijackers May Use Your GPS Navigator To Break Into Your House
We have already discussed a lot of things on how to protect your car from evildoers and car thieves. But it is a quite hot topic. Did you know that FBI reported that there were nearly 700 000 cars stolen in 2011 year, their total cost compiles up to 4.5 billion dollars. Lost property that was inside the car is also included. But those car hijackers adapted GPS technology to steal even more. I’ll try to explain how it is possible.
Truth About Niantic Project Or New Augmented Reality Game From Google
Google Inc. has recently launched a beta testing of a fantastic augmented reality game called Ingress. It is really amazing and now I would like to tell you why. That idea was really brilliant from the very beginning. Have you heard of Niantic Project website? That was a portal where some leaks and hidden clues to this game were. It still exists and you can visit it if you like. There were lots of encrypted data and allusions there and that site made people really interested. Even I tried to decrypt the messages that were there.
The First Rule Of Robotics Or May Robot Harm A Human Being?
Robotics are developing pretty quickly and today I would like to highlight a couple of those robotic remotely controlled devices that really can do some harm to us. Meet the Rovio Robot! Probably you are thinking that this might some kind of an airplane or something hi-tech of this class but the truth is other. This is actually a robot. Yes, it is a small robot in the form of a toy and you can get it as a present to your kids. It navigates with help of numerous sensors and can even use a GPS when it is used outdoor.
You Can't Attend Our School Unless You Have RFID Tracker
Do you remember your school years? Were there hundreds of bright and exciting moments? Andrea Hernandez, a student from Texas Northside Independent School will surely remember her school years, but with not really happy memories. That’s all because she was recently suspended when refused to wear RFID tracking badge, which were adopted in her school.
Home Alone Or How To Protect Your House For Winter Holidays
It’s a New Year already in the air and that means that it’s time for family holidays. Those winter holidays is not only the perfect chance to relax and to spend some time with the people you love, but also is a good time for thieves to raise some money. Lot’s of people leave their houses and go for vacations in winter and leave their houses or apartments totally defenseless against various thieves and criminals. That’s why every winter lots of houses are robbed. I think that it would be a disaster to came back home from a perfect vacation, with all your good mood and to find your house robbed. That’s why in this article we will try to give you some recommendations and tips on how to make your house and property safe while you are out of town.
What Will Happen To The Cash Or The Future Of RF Based Payments
Pile Of Cash We use wireless technologies really frequently and we really rely on them. We use them not only for communications and data transferring, but for navigation, security and even payments. That's really more convenient. An there are a couple of reasons for it. The first one is in that that RF based payments are more safe than our usual cash. Nobody will be able to steal your money because you simply don't have them with you. They are stored at the bank and your mobile device and basically it makes and verifies the payment. Another positive feature of such a system is that that it is embedded with lots of banking services, you will be able to use your credit card without an actual card, isn't that convenient?
Modern Mobile Phones Attack Patterns. How Do They Work In Real Life
You should know that there's one modern gadget that knows more than your close friends about you. I'm talking about your mobile phone, it usually contains lots of sensitive data and sometimes it may be critical to protect it. That's why there are billions of different ways of hacking it was developed. So today we will show you various attack patterns, which can be used against your mobile device.
May I Have That Approval, Or How Malware Uses Permissions On Android
We are really concerned with a problem of modern smartphone's vulnerabilities and we will continue discussing that topic today. Recently Internet Crime Complaint Center, a special department of FBI published its report on smartphone's related crimes and they put that fact that Android OS is pretty vulnerable to various malicious applications straight. The report states that the most effective way to protect your mobile phone from viruses and other malware is to use the most up-to-date antivirus software and to read permissions that you grant to the app carefully.
Eavesdropping On VoIP Calls. How It's Done And How To Protect Yourself
Eavesdropping on the phone calls is a necessary part of any spy or detective movie, but what do we really know about the technologiest that may allow somebody to eavesdrop our calls? Today we at Jammer-Store Company would like to pay attention to eavesdropping on VoIP calls and how the whole thing works.
Wireless Security Services Could Protect Us
New technologies brings not only the convenience to our lives, but also new risks and dangers. But it is possible to use them for additional security. Today we will look through a couple of wireless gadgets that enhance our safety and the safety of our property. There are lots of that kind of devices, but most of them are made to track down thieves.
Mobile Frauds Of 2012, Or How They Steal Money With Our Mobile Phones
Mobile frauds appeared simultaneously with mobile communications themselves, but these days, thanks to a wide spreading of smartphones, tablets, and e-payments that particular type of cheating has reached a brand new level. The main purpose of those criminals is to steal money from your accounts, but sometimes their goals and methods may be far more sophisticated. We at jammer-store.com made a little research regarding the most widely spread mobile frauds, that were really popular in 2012. They are social engineering and mobile viruses.
Review On The Most Famous Mobile OS's Safety And Privacy Issues
It is really imposible today to find a person who doesn't have a mobile phone. But today lots of people are moving to smartphones because they give us wide functionality in comparison with an ordinary mobile phones. But it is not a secret that those mobile gadgets are vulnerable and they contain lots of our sensitive data. They know where we are, they know the circle of our communication and they know what we are talking about. That's probably the main reason why smartphone's security is one of the primary features people pay attention to when choosing a new mobile device. That's why we at Jammer-Store Company have decided to write a short review on the security aspects of the most widely spread mobile operational systems.
Protecting Your Android-Based Smartphone Form Wireless Threats
Modern mobile phone users are shifting to smartphones and that fact puts a really high priority to the security of those mobile devices. It is widely known that smartphones are often used in various business affairs and that's why they sometimes contain some sensitive information. Those gadgets also gather your personal information and they can probably share it with evildoers. That's probably the main reason why mobile operational system's security has faced new, pretty high demands.
Web Sites Are Gathering Our Confidential Data. How You Can to Bypass This?
More and more people everyday are using Internet not only for entertainment but looking for various information and for business. Now it is possible not only to purchase various good with great discounts on the Internet, but also find a job and even get some services. The possibilities Internet gives us are of a really high value because they save our time and money.
Your iPhone May Track You. It Also Sees Everything You Do, Beware!
Mobile gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are considered to be really dangerous devices, because they contain lots of our private and sensitive information and have the abilities to spy on us. There are lots of various exploits and specialized mobile apps that can harm the information stored on your smartphones or tablets. By the way, the quantity of malicious mobile applications grows and Android OS is a leader in it. But there are a couple of issues that has put an idea in our heads that not only Android is dangerous, iOS may be dangerous too. We've stumbled upon lots of articles where people tell that iPhones and iPads can spy on us and that those functions were predefined by the manufacturer.
Your Employers Want To Read Your Private Correspondence And Spy On You
More and more frequently we face cases about employers that try to gather information and spy on his employees. That's why today we decided to pay our attention the that problem and tech our readers why employer is breaking the law, when he tries to spy on you and how can you protect yourself from that.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Over The US Will Be Used Against Americans
The problem of unmanned drones, which were designed for recognizance missions over the battlefield and as striking force in the war against terrorism is pretty urgent in the USA these days. As you know recently American senators blocked the election of a new CIA chief, which is the most likely to be John Brennan.
Signal Jamming Devices Protecting The Conclave At Sistine Chapel
Many Catholics and representatives of other Christian confessions all over the world breathlessly watched the conclave at The Sistine Chapel in Vatican, where a new Pope was elected. The conclave started at 12th of March and it was probably the most interesting and the most secure conclave for a pretty long time. That was the first time when the informational security of this truly epochal event was at such a high stake. The whole Sistine Chapel and Santa Maria living complex was mounted with signal blockers, to prevent information leaks.
iPhone May Be used For Wi-Fi Spoofing And Classic MITM Attacks
As you probably know, traditional device for hacking Wi-Fi networks is a notebook, because hacker will be able to use various specific wireless modules, transmitters and receivers and the fact that hacker will have lots of specific software for that. Also notebooks are powerful enough to commence all the needed calculations. That's why a “classical” Wi-Fi hacker is a guy with a notebook in a black car. But as you know, smartphones and mobile platforms are developing really fast and nowadays, all those hacking operations may be easily made with your smartphone.
Electronic Eavesdropping Devices. History And Widely Spread Types
Eavesdropping devices appeared long ago and now they are really widely spread. That's why it is important to know how to detect and block or disable them.
Your Smartphone, Facebook, Foursqare And Your Mobile Carrier Track You
It's common, that everyone of us visits same places day by day in his or her everyday routine, and those visits are at the same time everyday: home, office, gym, shop, home again. Our daily route is pretty stable, but it is rather unique too. The research held by Belgium and American scientists has shown that it is rather easy to tell one such a track from another.
Google Glass And New Privacy Issues: Will That Gadget Spy On Us?
Augmented reality glasses from Google, the so called Google Glass, are really popular among tech geeks and other people that are fond of modern and interesting gadgets. But some people are concerned about the problem of privacy. If that gadget will become widely spread, than all of us may be under hidden video surveillance. That's why there are even large communities, that are trying to restrict those glasses in public places.
Modern GSM Car Alarm Security Hole Lets Evildoers To Control Your Car
If you think that a pretty expensive GSM compatible car alarm will make your car 100% safe from any kind of car thieves and hijackers, and will also provide you lots of options to control your vehicle, you're probably wrong. Of course, your smartphone or a simple cell phone will work as a car alarm remote control, but simply remember that those modern smartphones are rather vulnerable to various hacks and exploits.
Shodan - "Black" Google To Find Security Exploits And Vulnerabilities
«When people can't find something on Google, they think that, probably, no one be able to find it. But that isn't so», - claims John Matherly, the founder of Shodan, the most dangerous search engine on the Internet
Six Main Rules Of Safe Mobile Banking. Where, When And How?
We at Jammer-Store suppose that this topic is rather important, because mobile banking grows, its is really convenient and many users join those mobile banking programs every day. But you have to be really careful, because that's the place, where evildoers have a chance to earn lots of money very quickly. First of all we'd like to mention that all the written here can be said about tablets too, not only smartphones.
How To Detect If Your Cell Phone Is Being Wiretapped? Quick DIY Guide
Can you imagine you life without mobile communications? Probably no, but do you know that any mobile phone user can become a victim of eavesdropping. It is illegal to eavesdrop on phone calls, except of special occasions, when it is done by law enforcements, and such an eavesdropping is legal only if they have a special warrant. That is why it is really important to know, how to detect eavesdropping and how to avoid it.
Makeup That Hides You From The All-Seeing Eye Of The CCTV Cameras
In big cities and other densely populated areas there is no place, that is not being watched by a CCTV camera. Police cameras and private video surveillance along the streets and at the squares, in big shopping malls and restaurants. And soon, Google Glass will be released and in that case, you can end up watched by a couple of cameras simultaneously. So, soon your every step may be recorded, processed and analyzed. Also, if you'll add to this new facial recognition technologies, you will be shocked by the tracking opportunities the government will have.
Skype And Microsoft: Yes, We Read All Your Private Correspondence!
Everyone, who uses Skype is obliged to agree with the fact that the company has the right to read all the private correspondence, sent with that application. That is written in Privacy Policy Agreement, which you have to accept, when installing Skype. Heis company with their German colleagues commenced a simple experiment, and discovered that Microsoft uses that right actively, but in a rather odd way.
WiSee Project: Seeing Through The Wall With A Simple Wi-Fi Router!
What is WiSee? We've had a question on it at our wiki QA service today and that topic just caught our minds, so we've decided to write a post about it. It is a quite interesting project, created by Washington University specialists. The prototype of WiSee system uses Wi-Fi signals to identify human gestures and actually “see” people even through the obstacles, such as walls and furniture.
RoboRoach - How To Turn A Simple Cockroach Into A Spying Cyborg?
We at Jammer-Store always try to monitor all the latest inventions and gadgets, that can pose danger to our privacy. And the gadget we will tell about today — is a prominent example of how a thing that looks rather safe and even a little silly, may turn into powerful spying tool.
NSA Admits That It Is Wiretapping All The Phone Calls In The USA
During the closed-doors meeting at the Capitol, NSA executives admitted, that they do not reqeuire a special warrant to wiretap domestic phone calls in USA. New York Congress representative from US Democratic Party, Jerrold Nadler literary stated that a decision to wiretape someone's mobile calls may be taken by a simple analytic.
Recently Found Android Vulnerability May Turn Any App Into Malware
Bluebox Security Labs research group has recently discovered and published some information on the vulnerability of Android security core, which gives a chance to modify application's .apk code, without confirming and compromising a cryptographic signature of the app itself. Using that security hole, evildoers may be able to turn literary any application into a malicious source of threat. The most important thing here is the fact that nor Android and Play Market, neither the user will be able to detect the fact of code modification.
Social Networks Are The Reason Of 91% Of All Corporate Data Leaks
Worldwide popularity of social networks is growing and more and more can't resist the pleasure of surfing through the pages of their friends. And if earlier the main auditory of the social networks was mostly youth, now it is a platform for communications between people of any age and social status. But social networks are the places, where literary tonnes of your personal data is in public access. Sometimes, even important and classified information can be shared there through negligence. Once, US navy conducted a secret government data leak, by posting their photos in Facebook.
Google Has Fixed Glass Remote Access Exploit With Malicious QR Codes
We answer lots of question of our readers at our wiki QA service everyday, and some of those questions are so deep or really important, that we have to write a whole blog post to answer it clearly and in full scale. And the question about recently discovered Google Glass vulnerability is exact match. Lookout company has discovered an exploit in Google Glass configuration process, which enables hackers to seize a direct control over the device.
DES Encrypted SIM Cards Vulnerability: Is It As Dangerous As It Seems?
Recently we've had a question, at our wiki QA service, regarding vulnerable DES encrypted SIM cards and the ways of protection. The news about that exploit have been all over the web and Google gives hundreds of thousands results for «750 millions of vulnerable SIM cards». In this article we at Jammer-Store will try to clarify how that exploit works and is it really dangerous.
XKeyscore Project – NSA's Ultimate Spying And Data Mining Tool
Edward Snowden has published information about another NSA's spying project, that may be even more dangerous that PRISM itself. Meet the XKeyscore!
CreepyDOL And F-BOMB - Mobile Spying Network With Raspberry Pi
If you our constant reader you probably see that we at jammer-store.com try to highlight and describe the most urgent problems with personal security and privacy protection, and that post is actually about that. In that post we would like to show you how weak our privacy is and how is it can be breached. That's the main reason why we always say that wireless data transmission standards are really vulnerable and they are not suitable for work with personal information.
Security Of Mobile Internet Connections From The Inside: How It Works?
With a wast development of mobile GSM networks mobile Internet develops and grows too. We've already got used to an ordinary Internet, based on TCP/IP protocol, but how mobile Internet works? Today we at Jammer-Store Inc. will explain you how that works and see, if there are some vulnerable spots out there. Also we'll try to find out how to avoid them and protect the data that you send with mobile Internet connection.
WP 7 And 8 User Data Is At Risk Due To New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has found a bug in Wi-Fi protocol that may harm Windows Phone users. It allows hackers to access the network and personal data of the user.
Top 5 Modern Wireless Gadgets That Can Steal Your Personal information
Portable gadgets make our life more convenient, but did you know that they may be dangerous sometimes? That's why we'd like to show you the top five mobile gadgets, that can be used to spy on you and steal your personal information. The initial research was made by Reticle Research group, but we've added a couple of device and rearranged the top a little bit. So, let's begin.
US Government Has "Stolen" The Internet. How To Get It Back?
Bruce Schneier, one of the world's most prominent cyber security specialist has recently published an article at The Guardian, where he has described how weak our information security really is. He has also told about the contribution NSA has given to it. He told that the government and major commercial structures have betrayed Internet and us, have turned it into powerful and the most effective spying tool. We at Jammer-Store company totally agree with that fact. Here we will try to explain why we can't trust the Internet and how to protect your data from overwhelming spying.
NSA Can Get Any Data Stored On Your Smartphone - Spiegel Reports
It seems that the scandal around of NSA is not going to go down, because various social medias get more and more information about illegal activities of that organization. We all know that NSA is gathering private information of US citizens and try to tell us that is done to fight terrorists. Well, now those guys have aimed at the most vulnerable modern gadget – our smartphone.
Electronic Number Plates And RFID Driver's Licenses Against Privacy
Today we at Jammer-Store would like to highlight the question of the driver's privacy protection in USA. Recent activities of our government look rather suspicious and we believe that they should be discussed. You probably heard about the idea to equip all the cars with electronic number plates, that can be configured and controlled remotely.
Indoor Navigation Feature of iOS7 - iBeacon, Can It Harm Our Privacy?
New verson of Apple's operation system has a lot of new features, one if them is iBeacon, which we would like to discuss today. There are lots of info on that feature on the internet, they say that it will change the market of mobile payments, indoor navigation and will be a killer of NFC. We'll see how that will work out.
Internet Of Wild Things: How To Make All Our Wireless Gadgets Safe?
Internet is now everywhere, we use it for shopping, to make payments, to communicate with each other. It is now really important in our daily life, and now, the technology is developed enough that devices can communicate with each other, without a user. Internet of Things is already here and today, we at Jammer-Store company would like to discuss it.
Susceptibility Of Mobile Banking Applications
A lot of people use your mobile devices to perform their banking transactions. But today there are many malicious codes which can break your application.
5G Network In South Korea
The development of communication system has slowly advanced from the initially slow network connectivity to fast network coverage. This development is triggered by the need for more reliable, efficient and congestion free networks that can carry vast amounts of data.
The DeepFace project by Facebook
Facebook has revolutionised the world of social networking. The founders of the social networking site began it in their rooms while at university in Harvard, and what began as a simple thing has grown exponentially.
Mini Camera To Take Surveillance. A Step Further Or New Threat?
The latest invention in the field of technology, an exceptionally small camera, that is almost invisible, is big leap for scientists of Rambus. This is a major milestone covered in the field of science and technology. This camera that is virtually impossible to detect can be used as an unbeatable tool to enable spying such as Google Glass. The camera with a tip that is smaller than the nib of a pencil has opened up many options for medical science and surveillance techniques.
Latentgesture Technology Might Be A Revolution For Smart Phone Security
Could you imagine a live without smartphone? We think it`s impossible. And what about secure your phone? Technology and security concerns go hand in hand. More advanced the technology, more are the security concerns and hence more research and innovation needs to be done in order to make the technology secure. Recently, smartphone security has become a cause of concern for many developers and users around the globe. As a result of this, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology experimented and designed a new security system for smartphones, which is entirely touch based.
Apple Patented A New Location Tracking Technology Which Does Not Need G.P.S
Apple has finally got registered an authentic technical innovation which will enable extra accuracy in indoor spot mapping and place detection. The technology is creating ripples all over the world as it does not require G.P.S support and has its own mechanism. Let’s have a close look on the development with its various traits.
6 Most Common Smart Phone Users’ Security Mistakes
The advent of impeccably brilliant smart phones with numerous prolific apps has truly transformed our lives. Today your smart phone has become one terrific joint which offers thousands of incredible possibilities which could have not been even imagined just a decade ago. Although there are several vital functionalities which come really handy for personal and professional utilizations with a smart phone but the device demands some stupendous security measures which should never be overlooked. Earlier we wrote the guide: How to make all our wireless gadgets safe. Now let’s try to figure out the 6 most repeated mistakes which could put your highly sensitive smart phone data in a real hassle.
How Is A 5 GHz WI-Fi Better than 2.5 Ghz One?
Way back in time, when the Wi-Fi first came to existence, there two variants of it: 802.11a and 802.11b. From the perspective of a consumer, there wasn’t much difference between the two. The devices that were based on the 802.11 b were comparatively less extravagant and widely available compared to the 802.11a. Due to this reason, the b variants of WI-Fi turned out to be much more popular than its counterpart. Now, the 802.11 b operates in the spectrum of a 2.4 GHz variant. However, nowadays this spectrum is getting a bit too crowded and so, in order to address the digital sound that comes along with the device, the 5 GHZ W-FI is a making a much needed comeback. Our Jammer-Store want to tell your about a difference between 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi below.
7 Point Routine to Fortify Your iPhone Security
If you have an iPhone then, you know that it is a World full of fun. It is filled with amazingly modern phone upgrades and software which helps to run various Apps on it. But chances are that you will get so engrossed with the features of this delightful Smartphone that you might actually overlook some very basic and necessary steps for ensuring your phone’s security.
Google Glass: Promises to Change the World, Threatens Your Privacy.
With the introduction of Google Glass, technology has come that much closer to seamlessly bind itself to everyone’s life and change it forever. With the advent of wearable technology, in coming years there may not even be a difference between the virtual and the physical world.
The Importance of Call Logging in a War against the Phone Hackers
Businesses are evolving at the speed of light and growth brings new problems at the doorstep. Business and telephonic framework coupled together forms the core of the enterprise’s growth. Telephonic framework deals with the entire infrastructure including cost, number of devices, people operating the devices and time spent on them by the operators.
Tips for Securing the Vulnerable Network Connectivity at Home
Many people still believe that security threats and attacks are quite difficult to execute. However, this is a completely incorrect perception.
A Look At The Tests Carried Out for Analyzing the Situation of UK Mobile Networks
While all mobile network operators in the United Kingdom are going through the transition phase that is switching from 3G to 4G, BT is already in the process of taking over half of the telecom networks. In such a situation, it would be interesting to analyze how the operators in UK are performing. In order to assess the performance, we will consider two methods; one of them is the GWS research and the other is the P3 Benchmark. The latter makes use of specially-endowed vans to carry out the tests. In this piece of analysis, we will break down the facts and figures obtained from the two methods. The researches were carried out a week ago, on real-world factors. Both the methods incorporate unique testing technique.
All you need to know about frequencies on which drones use in work
As described in Wikipedia, FPV (First-person View) is also known as RPV (Remote Person View) or video piloting. It is a method used to control an RC Vehicle, from a driver's or pilot's point of view. The sudden spike in use of Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the past few years has also increased the use of FPV’s which are most commonly used to pilot these objects.
AURORAGOLD: NSA’s Weapon To Penetrate Network Infrastructure
After Edward Snowden revelation, World is hearing about an array of programs that are run by NSA to track world users, destroying the privacy in lie of capturing information about the terrorists. The newest entry in the puzzle is AURORAGOLD, a powerful surveillance program that has already penetrated around 70 % of the worldwide mobile networks.
70% Of The Cellphone Modern Networks Are Tracked By NSA's Auroragold
NSA is becoming more and more common news now-a-days. The latest news from the whistleblower Edward Snowden is not great either. NSA project codenamed AURORAGOLD is gaining access to more and more mobile conversations and according to Edward Snowden they now have access to 70% of the World's mobile network.
Top 5 Interesting Security Features Of Android 5.0 Version
Android 5.0 or Lollipop is a new arrival and it proves again that Google can actually bring a change. Its advanced user interface has made Android 5.0 different than the other versions.
Does Wireless Encryption Really Make A Difference? We Check it Out
Encryption, like any other thing, has its own merits and demerits. Most of us, when asked about privacy, will always vote for encrypting everything that moves around us.
Don’t Let Privacy Threats Linger Around Your Android Smartphones And iPhones
Technology is advancing day by day having its own pros and cons. People are surrounded with enormous number of technologies around them. The android Smartphones and iPhones are the next generation of technology innovation.
Government Sets Up Non-Real Mobile Towers, Intercepts Your Messages, Calls And Disturbs You.
Ever since Edward Snowden outted the NSA’s mass surveillance programs, the need for CryptoPhone has been recognized among the population. The device's promise to secure us against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance has made the demand of the device to shoot through the roof. Everybody wants to be safe from the government listening on to their 3 a.m. booty calls.
Wi-FAR is Going to Bring the World Together
Microsoft, Facebook and Google are working together to conjure a technology that is going to put an end to all the 5G myths in the market – Wi-FAR. As the name suggests, Wi-FAR (Wireless for FAR – Larger Areas) is going to aid in reducing the problem of internet connectivity in remote and isolated parts of the world.
Everything That You Need To Know About 4G And LTE
Besides the EE, almost all the mobile networking bigwigs have been completely relying on the 3G/UMTS technology. This technology is however, 10 years old and it is constantly struggling to cope up with the user requirements of the tech geeks of the current generation.
Are There Any Problems with Making a Purchase Through Smart TV?
Technical advancement has taken our predominant gratifications and distinguished paramount innovative web procedures to another level. Online shopping arrived as a revolutionary mechanism which got substituted by mobile shopping.
Most Concerning Aspects Regarding The Privacy Of Biometric Data
Biometrics is considered as one of the most sophisticated applications to provide authentic security to your highly sensitive and cardinal personal and professional data. The mode is widely used in industries, banks, professional training centers, government institutions and other vital corporate sectors.
Phone Hacking. A Growing Menace.
As the technology continues to grow, so does the associated security risk with it. In the smartphone age, as phones are becoming more and more functional and complex, hackers are finding more gateways to breach the security. Phone hacking has become one of the major issues plaguing the minds of both general users and mobile phone makers.
How is The Car Spying on You?
The history of the car is a glorious one. The invention of the wheel was certainly a step in the right direction. But when the automobile was invented at the turn of the century, no one knew the capabilities that the travelling device would grow to have
Lack of required safety functions in Android 4.4
We are all aware that the Android operating system powers more than a billion smart phones and tablets and that technological advancements have actually resulted in the production and release of newer and seemingly better versions of phones, tablets and operating systems with each release providing you with new possibilities.
Skype Was Targeted Via New Banking Malware In 2013
Spreading of Internet technologies and their integration into all spheres of our lives brought the threat of malware to a new, higher level. The world wide web is the most convenient tool for spreading malicious software, and the fact that most of the users have no idea how to avoid these unwanted applications makes the life of virus-makers even easier.
Privacy Protection With Jammers
We hear lots of complaints every day, that privacy is broken and nothing we do can be hidden from other people and various spying organizations, such as NSA. That is why we at Jammer-Store decided to provide you with a couple of advices on how can you protect your privacy with various jamming devices without harming other people.
What Are Malicious Apps And How To Avoid Them?
What is malware? It is short for malicious software, which is created by hackers in order to damage our computer or mobile operation system. We would like to inform you more about bad softwares which are dangerous for our smartphones because hackers have created many different kinds and they really can cause serious troubles.
Famous iOS System May Be Vulnerable!
Many people trust Apple and buy iPhones in order to get the best smartphone. These devices have many useful applications, high-qualitative camera and a lot more other functions which make people prefer them than Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry.
Vulnerable Spots Of Windows Phone 8
Phones with Windows operation system have become more and more popular recently but there are a lot of prejudices about them. Most of the people prefer buying and Android or iOS because iOS is more reliable, while Android OS is vulnerable, but really cheaper
Third Party Dialer Apps Are Malware In 96% Of Cases
Privacy specialists at jammer-store.com advice not to install third-party dialer applications on your Android mobile phone. If you install it, it will go wrong and some problems will appear. It does not matter what phone you are using because all the integrated dialers are great and there is just no need to install another one.
How To Avoid Cell Tower Triangulation?
There are a couple of different ways how to tack a precise location of a mobile phone and his user. The most widely spread are using its built-in GPS module, or cell tower triangulation. As long as not many smartphones have that GPS module, triangulation is the most universal way of tracking.
GSM Bugs: How To Block Them?
How does GSM eavesdropping system works and why is it so dangerous? If those questions really bother you – then this article will help you to resolve them. Nowadays GSM eavesdropping bugs are widely spread and one can easily buy the necessary equipment over the Internet.
History Of The Android OS
Android is a mobile operation system for tablets, smartphones as well as for multimedia players, book readers and other gadgets. It is based on a Linux core. From the very beginning that OS was developed by Android Inc. and then Google bought it.
GPS-Less Navigation. Is It Real?
Nowadays modern wireless technologies became pretty important part of our lives. Can you imagine the world without all those smartphones, tablets, mobile Internet and other portable gadgets? We use them really frequently and those portable devices are often used in various business affairs and even important social services
Is it Legal to Use Jammers?
The legal issues of jamming devices is one topic that has been discussed pretty often and in this article we will try to pay attention to all aspects out there that are worth of paying attention to. First of all we would like to start by saying that at the beginning when signal blockers of any kinds were introduced to the public society, they were allowed for usage.
Unknown Mobile Generations, What's 3.5G?
If you are an active mobile phone user you probably know that there is a really wide variety of methods major mobile carriers use to promote a new mobile communications standard and advertisers rarely study the technical side of that standard.
4G Latest Tendencies
We live in a modern world and it is pretty important for each of us to be familiar with the technologies out there. This means that you will have to spend lots of time in front of the computer just because you will have to keep up with the latest fashion trends there.
How To Pick A Universal Jammer?
If you are already aware of the fact what jamming devices are, then you will be thrilled to know that one of the latest models in this technology are way better than their previous ones and we will explain you why.
Jamming Bluetooth Signals: What For And How To?
There is hardly a person who is currently living in the modern ages and don’t know what Bluetooth is. Well, like any other technology out there the Bluetooth is actually developing and this is why you should know that there are many ways thanks to which you can block the signal of this device.
How To Get A Proper Signal Blocking Device?
Lots of people have been asking this question to our support team and it is extremely important to know how to answer it correctly.
Impact Of Radiofrequencies On Our Lives
We live in a modern society and it is extremely important to know lots of things about technology. After all this is the thing that makes our lives easier. Can you imagine what would be the world without internet, or without any mobile phones, cars, modern machines and so on?
A Portable Or Stationary Jammer: How to Choose?
Many people are wondering what type of blocking device they should choose. This is completely normal having in mind the fact that there are literally hundreds of different models out there that can be chosen. I can really say that if you don’t know what you want to achieve with the jamming device means that you don’t probably need it.
What Does It Take For A Person To Use A Jammer?
This question is pretty tricky and has been asked lots of times during the years. What does it take for a person to get one of those blocking devices that are actually pretty expensive and often even illegal?
Countries Where Jammers Are Most Frequently Used
Many people believe that living in the modern world is not that good simply because there are many new technologies which are advancing pretty fast. They understand that those new technologies can give us not only advantages, but some serious problems as well.
Remote Control Jammers And The Way They May Be Useful
The remotes jamming devices are really nice tools and here we will try to explain you a couple of things about them. The first thing here is the fact that the remote control jammer can be considered as “friendly” unlike most of the other blocking devices.
How To Choose A Jammer?
Many people decide that they need to buy one of those blocking devices simply because they need to block the annoying people who are not stopping talking on their cell phone no matter where they are.
Why is It Dangerous to Use Your Smartphone While Driving?
The benefits of using new mobile phones can hardly be overestimated. Those gadgets gave us the possibility to provide communications to almost every place in the world.
Safe, Practical Use of the Signal Jammer
Everyday more and more people are getting worried about defending their privacy. We all know that many of those newly presented wireless gadgets can steal our personal information and we would not even know about it.
Choosing a combined jammer
There are many ways to block the signal of the people around you, especially those who are constantly jib-jabbing. All those ways have been invented in the recent years thanks to the modern technology.
Family TV Wars
Many people are looking for remote control jammers nowadays. The reason for this is probably the fact of the so called family wars almost every day. As you know everyone has a different favorite TV show and program and if they are being broadcasted at the same time, an arguing will occur.
GPS Jammers And Thieves
One thing you need to know about the blocking devices is that they can be both useful and dangerous simply because they are considered to be blocking devices.
How To Use Remote Control Jammers
Many people like technology and due to this fact it is pretty important to know some of the latest inventions in this area. Well, needless to say but the remote control jammers are something really great and unlike other devices they can be found pretty easily.
Frequencies Of GPS Jammers
GPS jammers are small and helpful devices which can definitely be useful to many people. Their main purpose is to block the signal of GPS tracking devices.
Selection Of GPS Jammers
If you think that you have been tracked then you should know that there is a really high probability of this to be true. Since there are lots of ways to track down people you should know that among all those tracking devices available at the market people can spy on you with the help of GPS trackers as the most popular ones.
Positive Effects Of Jamming Devices
This topic has been widely discussed in the last couple of years and the main reason for this is the fact that some of the biggest manufacturers of cell phone jammers and other blocking devices decided that it would be great to increase their profits by simply release some of their devices on the market.
