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The “new” phone system (SS7) still relies on implicit trust and a lack of security.
by DANmode 3mo ago
The “new” phone system (SS7) still relies on implicit trust and a lack of security.
- inigyou 3mo agothat is not new. It is newer than the phreakable one but it is many decades old from before there were things like encryption, and Linux.
- DANmode 3mo agoCurrent system, unfortunately.
- inigyou 3mo agoNo, that's not true, there is no single current system. There is no telephony equivalent to BGP. Each separate interconnection uses whichever protocol it wants to.
- DANmode 3mo agoNobody drew a comparison to BGP. The commonality of the spider of systems you’re referring to is still implicit trust.