SIMtrace
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SIMtrace is an Osmocom hardware and software tool that allows monitoring, tracing, and analyzing communication between a mobile phone and its SIM card.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SIMtrace canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10826849 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SIMtrace Context triple: [Osmocom project, hasComponent, SIMtrace]
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A.
eTrace
eTrace is an online firearms tracing system used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to track the history and movement of recovered guns.
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B.
TRACE
TRACE is a U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) system that provides real-time public reporting and transparency for over-the-counter corporate bond and other fixed-income securities transactions.
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C.
Tracklacers
Tracklacers is a music production team known for working on pop and R&B records, including tracks on Christina Aguilera’s album "Lotus."
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D.
SenSys
SenSys is a premier ACM research conference focusing on embedded networked sensor systems and related technologies.
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E.
SIMID
SIMID (Secure Interactive Media Interface Definition) is a digital advertising standard that defines how interactive video ads communicate and operate within video players across platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SIMtrace Target entity description: SIMtrace is an Osmocom hardware and software tool that allows monitoring, tracing, and analyzing communication between a mobile phone and its SIM card.
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A.
eTrace
eTrace is an online firearms tracing system used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to track the history and movement of recovered guns.
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B.
TRACE
TRACE is a U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) system that provides real-time public reporting and transparency for over-the-counter corporate bond and other fixed-income securities transactions.
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C.
Tracklacers
Tracklacers is a music production team known for working on pop and R&B records, including tracks on Christina Aguilera’s album "Lotus."
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D.
SenSys
SenSys is a premier ACM research conference focusing on embedded networked sensor systems and related technologies.
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E.
SIMID
SIMID (Secure Interactive Media Interface Definition) is a digital advertising standard that defines how interactive video ads communicate and operate within video players across platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Osmocom project
ⓘ
SIM card protocol analyzer ⓘ hardware and software tool ⓘ |
| analyzes | SIM card communication ⓘ |
| canCapture |
ATR (Answer To Reset)
ⓘ
SIM reset sequences ⓘ command APDUs ⓘ response APDUs ⓘ |
| category |
mobile communication analysis tool
ⓘ
smart card debugging tool ⓘ |
| connectsBetween |
SIM card
ⓘ
mobile phone ⓘ |
| designedFor |
2G SIM
ⓘ
3G USIM ⓘ 4G USIM ⓘ |
| developedBy | Osmocom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hardwareLicense | open hardware license ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
SIMtrace hardware
ⓘ
SIMtrace software ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor | SIM card interposer ⓘ |
| hasInterface | USB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
SIMtrace 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SIMtrace 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitors | communication between a mobile phone and its SIM card ⓘ |
| partOf | Osmocom SIM and smartcard tools ecosystem ⓘ |
| requires | PC connection ⓘ |
| runsWith | host PC software ⓘ |
| softwareLicense | free and open source software license ⓘ |
| supports |
live display of SIM traffic
ⓘ
logging to file ⓘ real-time tracing ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
ISO/IEC 7816-3
NERFINISHED
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T=0 ⓘ T=1 ⓘ |
| targetUser |
mobile network developers
ⓘ
security researchers ⓘ telecommunications researchers ⓘ |
| traces | APDU exchanges ⓘ |
| usedFor |
debugging SIM card communication
ⓘ
reverse engineering SIM card protocols ⓘ testing mobile phone SIM interfaces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SIMtrace Description of subject: SIMtrace is an Osmocom hardware and software tool that allows monitoring, tracing, and analyzing communication between a mobile phone and its SIM card.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.