diff --git a/docs/imsi-pseudo-spec.adoc b/docs/imsi-pseudo-spec.adoc index e19f3ea..eb00fde 100644 --- a/docs/imsi-pseudo-spec.adoc +++ b/docs/imsi-pseudo-spec.adoc @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ their IMSI by imitating a Base Transceiver Station (BTS). IMSI catchers have become small and affordable, even criminals actors without much budget can use them to track anybody with a mobile phone. +5G addresses this problem with the Subscriber Concealed Identifier (SUCI), +which uses public-key cryptography to ensure that the permanent subscriber +identity can only be read by the home network (3GPP TS 33.501, Section 6.12.2). +A comparable, but different approach to conceal the IMSI for 2G, 3G and 4G is +provided in this specification. + === Summary of Proposed Solution The solution presented in this document is to periodically change the IMSI of