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Why the hell would you assume a system developed 40 years ago by phone companies would be secure? That's just insane. We knew this system had holes. Hell, there
by joesmo 11y ago
Why the hell would you assume a system developed 40 years ago by phone companies would be secure? That's just insane. We knew this system had holes. Hell, there's even articles from last year which I found out using Wikipedia of all places (see below).
The way I see it is this: If it can have security holes, it will have them and they will be exploited. And what software cannot have security holes? By that line of reasoning, we reasonably should have known that such a system would have security holes that would be exploited when it was created in 1975. So this is hardly news.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/for-sale-systems-that-can-secretly-track-where-cellphone-users-go-around-the-globe/2014/08/24/f0700e8a-f003-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/for-sale-...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18/german-researchers-discover-a-flaw-that-could-let-anyone-listen-to-your-cell-calls-and-read-your-texts/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/12/18...