Sim card data extractor gadget

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 21, 2008 1:09 PM | permalink

The SIM Card Spy will suck the data out of a SIM card on to a PC. It's $149.

UPDATE: Noen found a similar gadget that seems to do the same thing for just $19.

Have you ever wished you can spy on your wife, husband, teens, or colleague phone to see what they are up to? Are they being suspicious when on their cell phone? This SIM card spy software and hardware solution can tap into all files on a cell phone SIM card for viewing, saving or editing. Simply place the SIM card into the USB reader, and with your computer, instantly save for later or view immediately. Backup your mobile phone numbers and SMS messages to your PC, another SIM card or any removable media.

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#1 posted by arkizzle , February 21, 2008 1:21 PM

In othder news, Boing Boing invents the time machine..

Welcome to the wonderful world of Yester Year!

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#2 posted by Takuan , February 21, 2008 1:25 PM

This is why I don't do business over the phone.

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#3 posted by mightymouse1584 , February 21, 2008 1:27 PM

While i have found myself wishing i had one of these, it had much more to do with my desire to be Jason Bourne... exactly like Jason Bourne, and much less to do with any desire to spy on significant others.

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#4 posted by geekpdx

, February 21, 2008 1:33 PM

Weak sauce. You can get these all over the place for less than $20.

On top of that, what if someone has a little sense about them and has decided to save their contacts and sms data on their phone's internal memory instead of the sim card so they can store more than simple (and limited) text?

There isn't anything on my sim card except the provider information necessary to authenticate to the network.

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#5 posted by jenjen , February 21, 2008 1:34 PM

I love how spying on your wife is the first thing that the vendor suggests. Nice.

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#6 posted by Agent 86 , February 21, 2008 1:39 PM

This could take over a lonely weekend. Browse second hand stores, pick up old phone, find out exactly who the owner was. Rinse and repeat!

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#7 posted by romulusnr

, February 21, 2008 1:44 PM

Um, do any modern phones actually store anything on the SIM card anymore?

Yes, ooooold phones stored SMSs on the SIM, but I doubt any phone does that anymore, considering the volume of modern SMS use.

Granted, I have a couple of must-have contact numbers on my SIM, but that was a specific and deliberate act.

Has the standard distributed SIM increased in capacity at all? I know it's feasible and may exist, but does any carrier actually issue them?

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#8 posted by mcpfol , February 21, 2008 1:47 PM

Mark, how much did they pay for this ad to appear on BB? Those USB smartcard readers are available for $5 all over the internet.

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#9 posted by arkizzle , February 21, 2008 1:52 PM

I save ALL my numbers to my sim. Always have, it just makes it easier to swap out your stuff if you run out of battery or pre-pay credit etc, and need to use someone elses mobile..

SMS' and pictures on the other hand, are stored in the phone memory.

Dunno about increased sim capacity, but I don't think I've ever gotten a 'sim full' notice when saving numbers in my 10 years of use.

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#10 posted by paulatz , February 21, 2008 1:57 PM

You can buy this sort of stuff for a few € in many places. I don't know if they are capable of reading deleted messages, nor if they can bypass a PIN protection on the card.

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#11 posted by Mark Frauenfelder

, February 21, 2008 2:02 PM

Please provides some links for cheaper alternatives. Whining about the price doesn't help.

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#12 posted by Halloween Jack , February 21, 2008 2:03 PM

If I ever get married again, I'm going to put a message on the SIM to a fictitious lover saying that I've just poisoned the wife and that her life can be saved only if she goes to the ER immediately and gets her stomach pumped. Big laffs!

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#13 posted by noen , February 21, 2008 2:47 PM

iMONO SIM Card + Mulit Card Reader

Features & Specification:
# Fully support USB 2.0
# High speed transfer rate up to 480Mbps.
# USB Mass Storage supported.
# SIM Phone Book editing/backup, comes with SIM editor 3.0
# Rotary Cover Protect.
# Support Windows ReadyBoost.
# Supports Windows Vista, XP, 2000, ME, 98SE, 98
# Size: 8.2 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
# Weight: 22gm

Cards Supporting:
# GSM SIM Card
# SDHC 2.0 (Class 2, 4, 6), supoort 4GB~32GB
# Mini SD, Mini SDHC Card
# Micro SD, Micro SDHC (T-Flash)
# Secure Digital Card (SD)
# MultiMedia Card (MMC), MultiMedia Card Plus
# RS-MMC (MMC Mobile), RS-MMC 4.0 (MMC Mobile 4.0)
# MS, MS Duo, MS PRO Duo
# M2 direct access, no adapter required.

Price: US$ 19.00

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#14 posted by Mark Frauenfelder

, February 21, 2008 3:10 PM

Thank you, Noen! I updated the post.

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#15 posted by arkizzle , February 21, 2008 3:15 PM

#12

Love it!

Now, how do you spell.. poll.. pollon.. p.o.l.o.n.i.u.m

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#16 posted by GaryG , February 21, 2008 3:59 PM

$19, pah... $3.40! :)

At everyones favourite store, DealExtreme.com: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7891

Ones that read other formats too start at around $5/6.

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#17 posted by cha0tic

, February 21, 2008 4:26 PM

I gave up storing stuff on the Sim when I found that swapping it around phones caused all sorts of spurious/duplicate entries in the phone book & failure of caller ID. Plus now I can sync to 'puter. I retain all the numbers anyway.

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#18 posted by zuzu

, February 21, 2008 4:54 PM

Word up Noen; I'm glad Mark updated to mention the iMONO because that's basically the only SIM card reader worth having, since it'll read just about every other thin card memory format in existence, and no SIM card reader available online can extract KI numbers from COMP128v2 or COMP128v3 SIM cards, only COMP128v1 ones.

However, I think you can get your carrier to copy your data onto a blank "silver card" for you and claim that it came with your HSDPA USB adapter for your laptop, and that the SIM card your carrier gave you won't work with your HSDPA adapter. That way you've got your KI number on a COMP128v1 card, and you can copy it as many times as you like from there. While your carrier will dispose of the old uncopyable version 3 SIM card they originally gave you.

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#19 posted by lf , February 21, 2008 5:17 PM

brilliant!

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#20 posted by MadMolecule , February 21, 2008 8:06 PM

This would have been really useful three months ago, before I knew my wife was having an affair.

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#21 posted by oceanmajk , February 21, 2008 11:47 PM

Here's one from Zonet for $19 - plus it's a 12 in 1 card reader.

http://www.ebyte.com/productdetails/ZONET/ZUC2830L

Media Support:
microSD
RS-MMC
SIM Card
MMC mobile
miniSD Card
Memory Stick
Memory Stick Duo
Memory Stick PRO
MultiMediaCard (MMC)
Secure Digital (SD) Card

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#22 posted by freshyill , February 22, 2008 5:48 AM

What exactly can this get you that poking around in the phone can't? I mean, you've already got their phone...