Clearly the existence of a top secret plan to intercept communication of cellular phone service in an airplane

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Edward Snowden, who revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting personal information with the cooperation of IT companies, said NSA and the Government Communications Division of the UK (GCHQ) It was discovered that I had intercepted the communication.

American and British Spy Agencies Targeted In-Flight Mobile Phone Use
https://theintercept.com/2016/12/07/american-and-british-spy-agencies-targeted-in-flight-mobile-phone-use/

Thieving Magpie: Using on-board GSM / GPRS services to track targets
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3229456-Thieving-Magpie-Using-on-board-GSM-GPRS-services.html

Thieving Magpie planned to intercept communication of cellular phone service in airplane was made clear by secret data by Presentation Material that Mr. Snowden obtained and Internet media The Intercept published on the Web It was. In recent years, services are provided by airlines that allow passengers' own mobile phones to be used in airplanes, especially among business class, first class, and long distance flight passengers. What Thieving Magpie was listening to for interception was the in-flight mobile phone service provided by AeroMobile and SitaOnAir of UK telecommunications carriers using GSM.

Signals are transmitted from the inside of a cabin to the base stations on the ground via a satellite, but GCHQ and NSA intercept communication exchanged between a satellite and a terrestrial base station It was. The timing to intercept the communication is from the moment when "turn on the mobile phone" connected to the home network. The document states that "There is a delay of about 10 minutes, but you can intercept communications almost in real time."


If the target makes a phone call or connects to the Internet with a mobile phone, not only the call data but also the mail address, Facebook ID, Skype ID etc are intercepted. According to this plan, "It is described that a special team that secures targets can be deployed before the airplane on which the suspect is aboard arrives at the airport."


Airlines employing AeroMobile and SitaOnAir in-flight mobile phone services mentioned in the document are as follows. There are many airlines well known in Japan such as British Airways, Air Asia, Qatar Airlies, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, Turkish Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas.


IT related mediaArsTechnicaAsked whether AeroMobile and SitaOnAir had intercepted the communication of the in-flight mobile phone service by e-mail, but only the e-mail from SitaOnAir came back, and the presence or absence of recognition is mentioned I heard he did not.