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Cell Phone Interception At Def Con

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-i-hear-you-now dept.

ChrisPaget writes "I'm planning a pretty significant demonstration of GSM insecurity at Defcon next week, where I'll intercept and record cellular calls made by my attendees, live on-stage, no user-input required. As you can imagine, intercepting cellphones is a Very Big Deal in the eyes of the law; this blog post is an attempt to reassure everyone that their privacy is being taken seriously despite the nature of the demo. I'm not just making it up either — the EFF have helped significantly with the details."

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  1. Verizon by Anarki2004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean Verizon will start advertising that they are CDMA?

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  2. Feds in audience by AnonymousClown · · Score: 5, Funny
    Reading the second link, I had this image of them capturing a Fed in the audience phoning in a report.

    Isn't this the show that the "Spot the Fed" game?

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    1. Re:Feds in audience by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 5, Funny

      [Nokia ringtone]

      "HELLO?! WHAT?! YEAH! I'M AT DEFCON. Yeah. Some guy is giving some demo now. No, it's rubbish. What? No. Nobody know's I'm a Fed. Right. OK. Got to go."

      (Imagine that in all caps 'cause the /. filter doesn't like loud literary voice)

  3. Iphone 4 is protected against this nonsense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just press lightly against the bottom left!

  4. Re:Encryption is the future by Shakrai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thankfully we have a 2nd amendment right to possess encryption ;)

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