Researchers claim GSM calls can be hacked on the cheap
Callers, your worst nightmare is coming true... maybe. According to a report, a group of hackers at the Black Hat conference in Washington D.C. claim that they're able to hack GSM calls with equipment costing about $1,000. If you believe the team (and we're inclined to at least have a listen), they can decrypt GSM phone conversations and text messages on a network using inexpensive tools called field programmable gate arrays. Until now, the cost of the technology required to hack GSM transmissions has been prohibitively expensive for all but your government and large-scale snooping operations, but that's beginning to change. Not only can this technique allow access to calls, but some of the tech demonstrated at the conference might also enab...
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Well that just means terrorists will use CDMA technology. I have no fear of anyone listening in to my calls if they want to be bored to death.
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I think its more about the principal than anything else. The vast majority of people live under the guise of security by anonymity. As technology increases, this anonymity will begin to dissolve, leaving you and everybody exposed, no matter how boring your life maybe.
Just another reason why I'm leaving the US. If they want to come and find me on my villa in the Canaries, well come on then.
Just another reason why I'm leaving the US. If they want to come and find me on my villa in the Canaries, well come on then.
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adilus said:
I think its more about the principal than anything else. The vast majority of people live under the guise of security by anonymity. As technology increases, this anonymity will begin to dissolve, leaving you and everybody exposed, no matter how boring your life maybe.
Just another reason why I'm leaving the US. If they want to come and find me on my villa in the Canaries, well come on then.
Too many people spend too much time and energy on "principle" rather then enjoying their lives and not worrying about what does not apply to them.
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AvgJoe said:adilus said:
I think its more about the principal than anything else. The vast majority of people live under the guise of security by anonymity. As technology increases, this anonymity will begin to dissolve, leaving you and everybody exposed, no matter how boring your life maybe.
Just another reason why I'm leaving the US. If they want to come and find me on my villa in the Canaries, well come on then.
Too many people spend too much time and energy on "principle" rather then enjoying their lives and not worrying about what does not apply to them.
I'll remember to tell my Grandmum that... the one that survived Nazi Germany. Maybe if the german peopl...
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