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The article said it’s a foreign government, Israel, spying on lawmakers, not U.S. law enforcement. You are suggesting the StingRays are ours and not black hats?
by smhenderson 7y ago
The article said it’s a foreign government, Israel, spying on lawmakers, not U.S. law enforcement. You are suggesting the StingRays are ours and not black hats?
I'm saying how is your device able to distinguish between the two? As in if they lock down the towers then they are effectively preventing you from connecting to StingRays as well.
And, hey, I agree with you, I'd love to see some regulation that forced the hands of the carriers. And maybe more people would care if they knew. But I'm skeptical in this day and age where everyone seems willing to give away everything about themselves in exchange for some convenience and entertainment.
- dahart 7y ago> But I'm skeptical ... everyone seems willing to give away everything Well, I hope you get your optimism back! :) FWIW, I think there's a mountain of evidence pointing in the positive direction. It might not be a majority yet, (and it doesn't take a majoriry!) but there's tons of awareness about the loss of privacy that comes with Facebook and Google, and it's growing and being reported in the mainstream press every day now. HTTPS actually is almost everywhere, and 10 years ago it was almost nowhere. GDPR happened. There are a ton of reasons to think cellular privacy is on the way. No doubt it's frustrating that it isn't here already, and no doubt that it takes time, but personally I feel like skepticism and hopelessness is on the disappearing end of this, and that it's inevitable we'll get better mobile privacy.
- smhenderson 7y agoWell hell man, you're actually making me feel better! Thanks. Maybe it's just because it's Friday but I'm going to roll with this for a while. Have a great weekend dahart!