Open-Source Effort to Hack GSM

Courtesy Linux Today  Thu, 12/03/2009 - 20:01

IEEE Spectrum: "If you're still using a cellphone based on early digital standards, you better be careful what you say.

The encryption technology used to prevent eavesdropping in GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), the world's most widely used cellphone system, has more security holes than Swiss cheese..."

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