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This is a great example of why governments should not pick the winners when it comes to technology (or any other competitive endeavour).
by jahewson 15y ago
This is a great example of why governments should not pick the winners when it comes to technology (or any other competitive endeavour).
- timthorn 15y agoGSM being a great counter-example. Although in general I agree with the premise you put forward, it shouldn't be a principal applied without thought.
- drucken 15y agoI do not understand how GSM applies in this case. GSM is a standard. No one specified or forced any particular implementations on anyone, as far as I know. Unlike this South Korea SEED approach.
- luriel 15y agoGSM is a pretty horrid standard, and it has plenty of security issues of its own to the point that the title of a talk on GSM security at CCC was "SRSLY?": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4EDAF5OlM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4EDAF5OlM