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I mean, there's a reason that the government was involved with setting up the first cell networks. No assumptions need to be involved. They ARE all compromised.
by TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
I mean, there's a reason that the government was involved with setting up the first cell networks. No assumptions need to be involved. They ARE all compromised.
- RF_Savage 3y agoLawful intercept has always existed in phone networks. Just that one cannot use that in non-allied nations.
- TheRealDunkirk 3y agoYou’re missing the point. It was designed to be transparent to interception efforts up front, so you can’t tell if you’re being surveilled, lawfully or not.
- RF_Savage 3y agoFor analog Gen0 and Gen1 networks I'd make the claim that it was just as much about technical limitations of the era. But for 2G export crypto it definitely was about keeping it weak enough to break on demand.