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a local or international hacker could potentially initiate commands (such as a denial of service attack) that could crash the tower software, rendering the towe
by ErrantX 17y ago
a local or international hacker could potentially initiate commands (such as a denial of service attack) that could crash the tower software, rendering the tower entirely inoperable to process calls or transmit data
Far be it for me to comment (as I have no experience in the software) but does that not seem like something of a MAJOR flaw in the tower software?
- noelchurchill 17y agoYes and no. When the software was written for these towers, they weren't taking into account phones such as the iphone. Compared with the phones available just a few years ago, the iphone is a relative supercomputer. So I'd say if anything, its more of a lack of foresight rather than a flaw. Who, save for Steve Jobs, saw the iphone coming a few years ago with the force that is has.
- slackenerny 17y agoIt hasn't to do with the kind of phone and if it has more power or not. Years back I saw a quite detailed document on how to modify certain areas of memory in low-end Siemens phone so it would agree too cooperate on exhausting timeslices form unsuspecting BTS. BTS's trust mobile stations by design.