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From: LINNIG@eg.ti.COM (Mike Linnig)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Interception of cellular ID numbers
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Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 11:34:00 EDT
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If the cellular ID numbers are sent from the car are unencrypted, someone
with the right (underground) connections could make quite a fortune by
building a box that pulls these numbers "out of the air".

Are protocols used by cellular phones published anywhere?

	Mike