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New prison law will let UK mobile networks deploy IMSI catchers

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> Those who live near a prison? Would they end being asked all the time to account for their phones?

Unlikely - because after the first time, they'd be put onto an exception list. What's more of a concern is that criminals will start paying or coercing people who live near a prison to allow their name and address to be used as the registered address for a phone that has been smuggled in.

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