Researchers claim GSM calls can be hacked on the cheap

Posted Feb 21st 2008 10:10PM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: GSM, Misc

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 beginn...
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SK LX or Curve?

The Suncom merger closes this morning.

So with all these threads around about @home service working overseas, I'd like to throw in a speculation about @home II.

If you havent heard, @home II is basicly a router that holds the SIM card directly in it(up to two sim cards) and then landline like phones connect to the router. It can work a few ways, you can either pop out your SIM card from your phone and pop it in there(making it possible for everyone to have @home regardless to if they have an @home cellphone), or you can have a dedicated line that just stays in the router. The way it call is still the same exact way as the original @home.

Im thinking that it would be possible to hook up one of these routers overseas, with an @home enabled SIM card for unlimited calls back ho...
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I was thinking about getting a job with T-Mobile. Do you guys like your job? What are some of the benefits associated with it? I don't know much about T-Mobile so any input would be appreciated.

Can you tell me what plan you have on your Sidekick LX? Does this incl. the 300 or 1000 or MyFAV. phone calling with unlimited text plan for 39.99 or add the service 19.99 for unlimited text plan?

I want to see what you have on your plan service, because my friend told me that her Sidekick 2 plan is only 39.99 for everything like incl.1000 phone and unlimited text (aol, email and text) I don't know if I'm hearing this truth. Let me know.

I just saw on t mobile website that you can take short video clips with the Blackberry 8320. Is this true?

Sprint expected to undercut rivals' call plans

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It seems that Sprint had an ace up their sleeve.

Sprint expected to undercut rivals' call plans
Wednesday February 20, 10:16 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE:S - News) is expected to offer flat-rate calling plans at up to a 40 percent discount to its rivals, hurtling the industry into a price war, analysts said on Wednesday.
The two largest U.S. mobile service providers, Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc (NYSE:T - News), on Tuesday unveiled $99.99-a-month plans for unlimited calls. T-Mobile USA went a step further by including text messaging in that pri...
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What do you guys think? With Verizon and ATT going with unlimited calling plans, I would be very suprised if T-Mobile didn't follow suit.

We don't have to deal with Alltel in our market much, but it would also shut down their my circle myFaves knock-off too.

You all hear about VZW plan, T-mob got somethin in store???

just purchased curve. wifi worked at store. now i am home and wifi works however calls on the wifi dont. i spoke with the blackberry tech dept and they told me i have to contact my wireless routers company. its a microsoft mn-700 wireless router and out of warranty. CAN ANYONE HELP BEFORE I RETURN THE PHONE??

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Especially telephone customer reps. They are pretty awesome. Corp Store Employees are good too but I think after answering dumb questions from some dumb customers all day and putting out fires all day long, it get to them somthimes but overall....TMO Rocks.....

I have had no problem getting all of my phones that i have bought from T-Mobile unlocked through T-Mobile my question is will they be able to unlock a Nokia 6126 i buy through AT&T?

Thanks for any help with this

anyway to record video on curve and watch video

I got a curve and I see that it has maps. Is navigation and location services, like sprints, offered? Is it on the device already or is it a seperate program

So.... I have the Curve and use it on WMA. (Which is clear as a bell and badass by the way).... what's even better is I can use it on ANY OPEN WIFI.

So here is the hard question:

I have family in South Africa. They have wifi in their house. So when I visit why couldn't I connect to their wifi and make/receive calls?

Better yet... why couldn't I take an extra phone with me (add it onto my family plan), and she can call us M2M free via her wifi?

Just thinking outside the box here...

Thanks for your input...

Justin

Has anyone had any experience using hotspot@home in Europe? I have heard a lot of rumors but wanted to know the true skinny.

Ok I want to switch from sprint to t-mobile. Yay!!! 😁

But...My question is.....

My friend has t-mobile and came into my apartment and had no signal..or 1 bar...

He had the Samsung t219 on prepaid... Which only has 850 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz receptions.

I will be getting the BlackBerry Pearl on the flex pay month to month plan. This phone has 850 MHz;900 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz.

Will I get better reception? Or The Same?

Anyone have thoughts on if (and how) this will affect T-Mobile's coverage?

This Microsoft might pan out to others than T-Mobile now to release the Sidekick??

from www.boygeniusreport.com:

Microsoft aquiring Danger Inc. WTF?

Ugh! Let’s just hope the Danger OS doesn’t go away (we doubt it will). This actually might make sense, though. With Microsoft in the mix, Danger can now concentrate on the software and integrating new features like 3G, GPS, and Wi-Fi. Also Microsoft is said to be handling the backend system, so we shouldn’t be plagued by the shoddy service and outages anymore. Anyone at all excited about this?

“Microsoft is a global leader with our Windows Mobile software and expanding mobile services,...
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