Re: GSM encryption broken

2009-12-31 Thread Vivec
They need to crack the frequency hopping algorithm as well before they can use this to listen in on anyone's phone calls. 2009/12/29 Robert Munn : > > I wonder if the next must-have app for the iPhone will be an encryption > add-on. > > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54ca8e66-f485-11de-9cba-00144fea

Re: GSM encryption broken

2009-12-31 Thread Dana
LOL. I actually had an incredibly vague and banal conversation with my mother the other day. (She's in canada) Basically she was talking about wanting to visit a certain island in the St Lawrence, and I asked her if she could get to this other town where some unverified genealogical research says

Re: GSM encryption broken

2009-12-31 Thread Judah McAuley
Yeah, think of how horrible it will be if someone other than the Federal Government is intercepting and archiving every single call you make. Time to freak out! On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I wonder if the next must-have app for the iPhone will be an encryption > add-o

Re: GSM encryption broken

2009-12-31 Thread Casey Dougall
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > I wonder if the next must-have app for the iPhone will be an encryption > add-on. > > Nah, just upgrade ;-) It does not affect 3G phone calls, however, which are protected by a different security code. ~~

GSM encryption broken

2009-12-29 Thread Robert Munn
I wonder if the next must-have app for the iPhone will be an encryption add-on. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54ca8e66-f485-11de-9cba-00144feab49a.html Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world’s mobile phones. The move wil