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Chapter 1. Everything You Know Is Wrong > Hijacking Traffic
1.7. Hijacking Traffic
Apart from the most paranoid users (of which you will be, if you are reading this book), most inherently trust the networks their traffic runs across, especially if the network is a cellular network. In spite of the many cellular hacking tools and how-tos widely available today, many still believe that seeing their carrier name at the top of the device’s menu bar is secure enough. You’ll learn how easy it is to redirect traffic bound for the user’s cellular network to your own proxy in Chapter 9.
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Myth 9: Only extremely elite hackers can hack a cellular network to intercept traffic.
Chapter 9 will show you how simple it is to redirect all of a device’s traffic to a malicious server transparently; even when a device is used over a cellular network. No network should be trusted, especially if the device’s provisioning can be changed by simply clicking on a link or sending an email.
