If you've never considered the threat of baseband attacks to be real, but considered them more of a speculative possibility, speculate no more: http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/08/28/android-security-2/ "The fake ‘towers’ – computers which wirelessly attack cellphones via the “baseband” chips built to allow them to communicate with their networks, can eavesdrop and even install spyware, ESD claims. They are a known technology - but the surprise is that they are in active use. "Interceptor use in the U.S. is much higher than people had anticipated,” Goldsmith says. “One of our customers took a road trip from Florida to North Carolina and he found eight different interceptors on that trip. We even found one at South Point Casino in Las Vegas." "What we find suspicious is that a lot of these interceptors are right on top of U.S. military bases." Alfie -- Alfie John alfiej@fastmail.fm