AT&T: We Don't Intend to Stop Black Hat Demo

A spokesman for AT&T says the company has no plans to interfere with an upcoming Black Hat demonstration that shows how to set up a fake cell tower to intercept phone calls. Then again, the guy behind this demo has probably already intercepted the call so he already knows this.

"If you're in the room, need to dial 911 and you have a GSM phone, you can just raise your hand and shout. In the extremely unlikely situation that someone near the room with a GSM phone connects to my demo network and also needs to dial 911, I am taking the extra precaution of ensuring that that person will be connected to someone local who can call for or send help," he said in his blog post.

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