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hxsvui
8y ago
You didn't read the article, there's one at the bottom.
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hxsvui
8y ago
Yeah and guess how good it works offline. You don't even know which country a place is in if you only know coordinates and have no access to the smartphone. Do a typo and there's no redundancy or error correction. You'll end
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hxsvui
8y ago
These attacks are valuable inputs for new generations, but no cause to consider 3G and 4G insecure in practice. The authors learn about user's activity and location. But the comments often lack understanding what that means in context
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hxsvui
8y ago
Just as deflating the tire illegal. Imagine there's no bike lane and you ride on the street, or when you wanna ride more relaxed, you ride on the sidewalk. It's not a problem either way if everybody is somewhat relaxed. But with y
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hxsvui
8y ago
Like you never do stuff that others think is wrong... Live and let live. The drivers deliver the shit you buy online.
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hxsvui
8y ago
The Internet was English speaking, western and had a keyboard with the Latin alphabet. These days are over, but it's injust to argue with ideology and a negative tone here. The Internet serves people all-over the world and must respect
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hxsvui
8y ago
To me, it's absolutely unclear what the author is actually talking about. Should telcos be responsible for monitoring the devices in their network? Mobile networks provide Internet access with all the risks associated to the Internet.
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hxsvui
8y ago
"use VPN" is a pretty strange advice if you consider how any shady providers there are. Switching you phone to 4G-only pretty much gives the same level of trust in the radio access. Covering the webcam is just ridiculous. If someo
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hxsvui
8y ago
Is there any PoC, or end-to-end description supporting your claim that this is possible? I'm quite sure WhatsApp uses transport security, too. You can't just MitM then.
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hxsvui
8y ago
WhatsApp is currently blocked in China. You can't use it there, anyway. WeChat uses Chinese infrastructure no matter where in the world you are. Not using it in China is the most stupid thing you can do. Do international tensions actua