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>booking holidays I had completely forgotten about this, but remember seeing it within Teletext as a child. I wonder if people actually sent credit card and pa
by 867-5309 5y ago
>booking holidays
I had completely forgotten about this, but remember seeing it within Teletext as a child. I wonder if people actually sent credit card and passport numbers over unencrypted VHF bands, open for anyone within a fifty miles radius to sniff
- tinus_hn 5y agoIt was perfectly normal to spell them out over unencrypted wireless phone connections that could be picked up by consumer devices. And it’s not like we’re better today, we still use connections where the encryption is optional (DECT) or where an attacker can downgrade the encryption (GSM).
- contingencies 5y agoDon't forget physical handover, snail mail and email.
- doctorshady 5y agoA few years ago, it was normal for Panasonic DECT handsets to use the AES-based DSC2 cipher. Though a downgrade attack is likely possible; I think under normal circumstances with weak reception, they'll stop encrypting traffic. The VTech/AT&T ones (same thing) on the other hand, I still don't think will encrypt call content.
- tinus_hn 5y agoIt’s negotiated so if the base station, or the attacker pretending to be the base station, tells the handset to not use encryption, it won’t.
- lima 5y agoWasn't it unidirectional? I think you'd have to call them for the actual booking part.
- 867-5309 5y agothat would make sense!