Talk:IMSI-catcher

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I think you will find that an IMSI number is not capable of determining the number of the cellular phone that is being tapped. Cellular phones only transmit IMSI and TIMSI numbers to the tower, which are later translated internally within the phone company to actual dialiable numbers.