SnoopSnitch App uses radio signals to find nearby tracking devices
Free SnoopSnitch Android App notifies you if anybody is tracking you through SS7 attacks
A new free App on the Google play market,created by security researchers Alex Senier, Karsten Nohl, and Tobias
Engel from SRLabs in Berlin, called SnoopSnitch is now available.
SnoopSnitch can detect and warn smartphone users if their devices are
giving up their personal information and connecting to them. The
security researchers presented their App at the recently concluded Chaos
Computer Congress’ annual hackers conference in Hamburg.
The
official Google Play listing reads: ‘SnoopSnitch collects and analyzes
mobile radio data to make you aware of your mobile network security and
to warn you about threats like fake base stations (IMSI catchers), user
tracking, and SS7 attacks.’
The
SnoopSnitch App scans for signals that indicate a switch from a
legitimate tower to a International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)
catcher aka ‘stingray’, where information may be being collected for
intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking the movement of
smart-phone users.
The
app can’t prevent a smart-phone from connecting to stingrays, but it
does let a user know there is surveillance in a certain area.
The
App combines granular control over who sees what with
multi-conversation context and rich media to create a simple and
intuitive way to have interactive, personal conversations allowing users
to easily select who to start conversations with. Enabling users to add
or remove people at any time.
It
is important to note that currently SnoopSnitch only works with rooted
Android handsets that have Qualcomm chips inside, such as Sony Xperia
and Samsung Galaxy models.
