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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:30 am
by peet
Some Euro Telco's even have no encryption at all, others use a weak setting.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/10/gp..._call_snooping/
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:29 am
by pkk
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:09 pm
by FreeBeer
Our carriers here use ROT13. Try breaking that, baby!
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:32 pm
by Cyre
lol are you $#@!ing kidding me?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:34 pm
by peet
I knew the GSM protocol (the voice part I mean) itself was broken, and might be actively used. The GPRS (data) part, that is new to me.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:57 pm
by Cyre
every time i read about computer security i realize that the only reason all kinds of idiots can hack is because nobody knows piss$#@! about security. I know there are others who really know their game, but those are only a bunch. The hacker ivory tower is hardly a place for the average hacktard
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:58 pm
by Axel Kolle
It is also the hassle of being "secure", which is an illusion in the first place.
When a well known antivirus (Kaspersky) can bring a core I7 to its knees when I try to log on via 3g modem something is wrong. Very wrong. And when the same security firms keep 0 day exploits ready for sale to interested parties (HBGary, see arstechnica for the details of Aonymous vs HBGary)...
Well, meh.
Personally, if I want to keep something private I simply stay away from electronic storage and WRITE. With a PEN.
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:06 pm
by Axel Kolle
Besides, around here the gov't actually officially tries to implement something like Echelon. All comms are tappable as a matter of law, fortunately we are talking african standards of efficiency here.
All the same, many members of gov't have an unregistered phone as a matter of course for confidential discussions.