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What you're saying might be true, I have no idea, but then why don't we see more rampant vandalism from randos (ex. War Games)? It seems like in this day and ag
by teawrecks 6y ago
What you're saying might be true, I have no idea, but then why don't we see more rampant vandalism from randos (ex. War Games)? It seems like in this day and age it wouldn't take any time for someone to brute force any of these nodes and cause a ruckus.
- mikehotel 6y agoA combination of factors like vilification of hacking, corporate PR managing embarrassing incidents and responsible disclosure can cause most of this activity to be under-reported.
- grenoire 6y agoBecause the 'randos' know very well that they cannot surface with any of their actions. Even the white hats are getting regularly punished for their disclosures, what makes you think someone making a living off of exploits would come clean?* * Academic researchers excl.
- xvector 6y agoThese networks are almost certainly compromised to high hell, except the actors don't broadcast their action.
- knorker 6y agoWhat, like SS7 phone hijacks and fake base stations tracking, and such, that happen all the time? > it wouldn't take any time for someone to brute force any of these nodes and cause a ruckus. 1) Who says it doesn't happen? 2) Generally these things aren't on "the internet". They're behind firewalls and on this "other internet" I mentioned between the operators. You can legit buy access to this network for a few thousand dollars, sure. But if you're that serious you're probably not a rando after "rampant vandalism".
- heavyset_go 6y agoIMSI-catchers are in wide use by local law enforcement in much of North America[1], no warrant needed and law enforcement can do whatever it is they like with them with no oversight, too, except use them to present evidence in court without a warrant. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker