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SnoopSnitch Extended (support) Lite

README


  • Status: WIP
  • Date: 2017-06-15

SnoopSnitch xLite

This is the SnoopSnitch xLite source-code repository. SnoopSnitch xLite is a light weight and not funded, extended support version of the original SnoopSnitch from Security Research Labs.

SnoopSnitch collects and analyzes mobile radio data to make you aware of your mobile network security and to warn you about threats like fake base stations (IMSI catchers), user tracking and over-the-air updates.


License

  • Copyright (C) 2017 GPLv3 5GSD
  • Copyright (C) 2014-2016 GPLv3 Security Research Labs

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See COPYING for details.

Resources

Useful GitHub Markdown Cheatsheet

TBA

THIS work:

  • Project Website: https://github.com/SnoopSnitch/xLite/
  • Public Git repository: https://github.com/SnoopSnitch/xLite.git
  • Email: [email protected]
  • PGP: 950B 7745 565A 4A48 1D66 D699 4923 6E35 27D8 F4E6

Original work:

  • Project Website: https://opensource.srlabs.de/projects/snoopsnitch
  • Public Git repository: https://opensource.srlabs.de/git/snoopsnitch.git
  • Mailing list: https://lists.srlabs.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gsmmap
  • Email: [email protected]
  • PGP: 9728 A7F9 D457 1FBB 746F 5381 D52C AC10 634A 9561

For all technical questions concerning the detection mechnaism and its detailed functionality, please refer to the SRLabs Wiki and FAQ pages. If that is not sufficient, then please use the gsmmap mailing list at SRLabs. For other security affairs, please send private emails to SRLabs.

For development and maintenance questions of SnoopSnitch xLite, please email [email protected]. Please understand and resepct that this is an independent and forked venture that is likely to change some of the non-essential functionality and user interface behaviour of original the app.


How to build and install SnoopSnitch xLite

  1. Installation of Android Studio
  2. How to compile parser dependencies
  3. Building and Signing the app (WIP)

Building from source

Please please consult the Android documentation on how to set up the tools and perform a release build.


app permissions

The following permissions are required to run SnoopSnitch:

Permission Our Usage
ACCESS_SUPERUSER Open Qualcomm diagnosis interface to capture radio data
CALL_PHONE,
READ_PHONE_STATE,
SEND_SMS,
RECEIVE_SMS Generate mobile network traffic recorded in active tests
GET_TASKS Retrieve state of helper processes interacting with diagnosis interface
WAKE_LOCK Acquire CPU for long-running analysis steps
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Record location of IMSI catchers and security events if configured
INTERNET Download new data from gsmmap.org, upload radio traces and debug logs upon request
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Postpone uploads until network is available

In addition, the app requires root privileges, which are only used to access the /dev/diag interface from which the baseband netwrok information is read.


Known Bugs

For the most recent list of bugs, please refer to the currently open GitHb issues.

For technical bugs, and limitations please refer to the GitHub Wiki article "Bugs and Limitations".


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