[Commotion-dev] Fwd: Opensource SDK for SIM hacking

[Dan Staples]

I'm throwing this out to the Commotion list to see if anyone has any
familiarity with this project. I just saw it posted on LibTech. Several
of the goals of the project align with goals of Commotion, especially
around our OpenBTS work. It's particularly interesting that they are
focused on making this an accessible tool for general users, and that it
runs on Windows.

This page mentions a pilot program they did in Uganda using the
software, using SIM cards to discreetly share information:
https://github.com/abayima/opensimkit

One thing that does make me hesitate though, is that their software
"phones home" to their servers to let them (and their funders) know who
is using the software and where:
http://dev.opensimkit.com/index.php/User_Guide

Dan


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[liberationtech] Opensource SDK for SIM hacking
Date: 	Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:47:59 -0500
From: 	Jon Gosier <jon at abayima.com>
Reply-To: 	liberationtech <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
To: 	liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu



Hey all,

Thought I would share our Open SIM Kit (http://opensimkit.com) project
with the list.  The project aims to be an open source SDK of sorts for
hacking SIM cards. In practice, this allows users to modify the contents
of SIM cards. The goals of the project:

  * To offer a GUI for programing SIMs (instead of doing it from the
    command line in C++ and AT);
  * Storing/sharing information discreetly in scenarios where other
    communication might be monitored;
  * Modifying SIM cards to do things they currently cannot (special
    apps, work on ad-hock networks etc.);
  * Adding apps and other information that isn't provided by Mobile
    carriers;
  * Publishing content ways that can reach populations where other
    communications might be scarce and unreliable but mobile feature
    phones are not;
  * Making all this easy enough that non-technical people (Civil Groups,
    Activists, Journalists, NGOs etc.) can do it;
  * With the ultimate end goal of providing a completely decentralized
    means of communicating (instead of through mobile carriers).

You can find the code on Github at http://github.com/abayima/opensimkit.
We especially invite developers with expertise in machine programming,
compression, and encryption.

Developer Wiki - http://dev.opensimkit.com

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