Technique
technique:traffic_data_spoofing
Also: fake traffic jam
Generating simulated mobile-device location and movement data to make mapping services display a false traffic jam.
Generating simulated mobile-device location and movement data to make mapping services display a false traffic jam.
“pretend to be thousands and thousands of other Android devices”
“my route, it would simultaneously pretend to be thousands and thousands of other Android devices. All those devices, all those fake devices, would send up information to Google saying hey, I’m one of these Android devices and I’m moving zero miles per hour. All of a sudden, my route, the route that my app gave me, would turn red and black for everyone else”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Samy Kamkar | Explicit | 61 |
Samy Kamkar USES traffic-data spoofing
Samy created a proof of concept that sent fake Android-device traffic data to Google to make a route appear congested.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Samy Kamkar EP 61 Details
“all those fake devices, would send up information to Google saying hey, I’m one of these Android devices and I’m moving zero miles per hour”