Wow. I just read a great example of why good things won't happen in the cellular industry. The people doing research supposedly wanting things to be better were

Wow. I just read a great example of why good things won't happen in the cellular industry. The people doing research supposedly wanting things to be better were offered a chance to present the problems and/or proposals to the industry. They told them to screw off then wrote a blog post encouraging everyone else to do the same. The industry, esp its leadership, certainly created the problems. Some in industry in middle and on bottom do what they can to fix some of them. Him saying no is an example of the hacker part of the problem where they are about digging up and talking about problems but not taking action that might remedy them. Note: These hackers don't represent hackers in general. Many if not most bug hunters are more than happy to tell the suppliers what they found. I'm only focusing my comment on those with opinion similar to author. The only concern I'd have is they try to prevent the CCC talk with legal action after the presentation scares them shitless. I don't know what the odds of that are for telecoms or CCC talks. I know companies occasionally try to block a damaging talk in the States. I'd ask for a contract from participants saying they wouldn't block the talk or sue me over discussing any flaws I found in my work. If they refuse, I'd offer to deliver them a presentation in video through email or posted to that conference's web site after CCC. Alternatively, show up at next years conference at their expense to deliver an even better talk.