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This title is significantly overstated. See here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/technology/29hack.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/technology/29hack.
by cscotta 17y ago
This title is significantly overstated.
See here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/technology/29hack.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/technology/29hack.html
"The encryption key itself does not enable surveillance of mobile calls, which must still be overheard and identified from the digital stream of thousands of calls transmitted through a single cellphone station.
The undertaking is complex because a digital call typically hops among up to 60 different broadcast frequencies during a single conversation, as the mobile network operator maximizes the use of its available bandwidth."
- msuh 17y agoNope it's not. The key is the only thing that prevents anyone on the street to decipher the frequency hop pattern of the network. Once that's deciphered then all you need is cheap equipment (as low as $1500) for the necessary hardware and GSM processing software to do the eavesdropping. It really is BIG news.