Locating a GSM phone in a given area without user consent.

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Is it possible to locate a GSM phone in a given area without alerting its user and without any help from the provider? This paper presents preliminary results from a technique to achieve this goal. It is based in the idea of tracing RF patterns (using a highly directionnal antenna) that the "victim" phone is forced to transmit under the attacker's command. A hands on demonstration and discussion during the conference will help elaborate the idea.