The Untraceable Phone

Over the past decades, telecommunications interception has developed into a huge worldwide industry. Intelligence agencies, security organizations and police in almost all countries routinely intercept calls that may yield sensitive political, military or economic information.

The use of wiretapping has become so widespread, simple and uncontrolled that one can basically assume that records of his private calls may end up in the wrong hands.

Fortunately, there are several devices on the market today that can help protect our privacy, for example by encrypting your conversation.

Though the usage of encryption to protect your privacy might be regarded as a wise choice, the method has its own disadvantages.

You never know if the encryption you are using is indeed trustworthy, and there is no reliable way to check it. And the usage of such devices might make you look suspicious and attract undesired attention to your personality.

Trying to look innocent, people often implement another method available in any country with GSM coverage. They buy a few anonymous SIM cards and replace them from time to time, using the same usual handset.

Now, being under impression they are safe, they talk freely about private issues, either personal or business-related, which should be kept as confidential as possible even while on the phone.

What they don't know is that what can be intercepted is not the SIM card (interception by phone number), but instead it is the handset itself (interception by IMEI number).

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. The IMEI is a unique 15-digit code used to identify an individual GSM mobile telephone to a mobile network.

Basically, this means that each cellphone has its own number, which can be traced by malicious unauthorized listeners, no matter how security-savvy one can be.

In order to protect sensitive business or personal conversations from being intercepted, specialized online spy shops have developed a high-end Stealth Phone, which uses a dynamic IMEI number.

This means that the identification number of the handset can be changed at any time, without having to use multiple SIM cards to achieve 100% privacy.

This kind of secure phones use a modified version of the standard Symbian operating system, which, besides changing its IMEI randomly, features an in-built firewall which will warn the user against any intrusion attempt, and will allow you to talk freely, protecting your business and your personal life.