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Starting July 1st all SIM cards in Russia need to have the owner register his biometry and passport details, otherwise the number is blocked. Ukrainians had a w
by at0mic22 1y ago
Starting July 1st all SIM cards in Russia need to have the owner register his biometry and passport details, otherwise the number is blocked.
Ukrainians had a window to perform this operation but I doubt they'll have the same approach possible in future.
- grugagag 1y agoYou think hacking SIMS is not possible in Russia?
- at0mic22 1y agoWhat do you mean by that? Stealing someone's sim? Doable, but detectable.
- grugagag 1y agoDetectable after the attack is not very useful. They could even clone high ranking officials’ sims cards or the sims of just any regular folk…
- at0mic22 1y agoQuite easy to track though, like double sign-ins from different devices, uncommon locations, location and speed matching - like phone going 25mph in the forest. And you don't need to permablock it, few minutes would be enough.
- Gud 1y agoImplementing what you are proposing would be very disruptive nation implementing them.
- at0mic22 1y agoOh it’s already implemented since 2000, with SORM system. Think they are to extend it to give direct FSB access without pre-request starting from 1st of september
- hollerith 1y agoAn LLM explains that "SORM (System for Operative-Investigative Activities) is a Russian system of lawful interception used in telecommunications. SORM is mandated by Russian law, requiring all telecommunications providers to install interception equipment".
- at0mic22 1y agoPretty much yes. Basically FSB can perform MITM attacks any time they want, but it still requires an order. It does not help a lot with end-to-end encryption though
- tpm 1y agoNo hack needed. You just give some change to poor people and register the cards in their name. This just raises the price a bit but does not prevent anything.
- at0mic22 1y agoIt will work for sure, anything can be managed with the money.
- mdhb 1y agoI think that as far as a security measure this is really up there with the form the US makes you fill out when you visit the country that asks you to tick the box if you are a terrorist. There are countless ways around this beginning with just asking someone to buy a sim card on your behalf.