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Rooting SIM Cards

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "Smartphones are susceptible to malware and carriers have enabled NSA snooping, but the prevailing wisdom has it there's still one part of your mobile phone that remains safe and un-hackable: your SIM card. Yet after three years of research, German cryptographer Karsten Nohl claims to have finally found encryption and software flaws that could affect millions of SIM cards, and open up another route on mobile phones for surveillance and fraud."

5 of 73 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Rooting? by mynamestolen · · Score: 4, Funny

    either way, you're rooted

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    work in progress
  2. Re:Rooting? by crutchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    if you happen to be talking about android with an aussie and you tell them they should "get rooted" you might end up with a fist sanga

  3. Meanwhile at NSA HQ by EEPROMS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn we have been busted.

  4. So ... by ultrasawblade · · Score: 3, Funny

    how much longer until I can install Debian on my SIM card?

  5. Re:The title of this post... by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 3, Funny

    the best and fastest way to root a sim card is to stick it in the microwave oven for 10 seconds

    I'd bet there's a bunch of folks on /. who can beat your record.