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NSA Able To Crack A5/1 Cellphone Crypto
jones_supa writes "The most widely used cellphone encryption cipher A5/1 can be easily defeated by the National Security Agency, an internal document shows. This gives the agency the means to intercept most of the billions of calls and texts that travel over radiowaves every day, even when the agency would not have the encryption key. Encryption experts have long known the cipher to be weak and have urged providers to upgrade to newer systems. Consequently it is also suggested that other nations likely have the same cracking capability through their own intelligence services. The vulnerability outlined in the NSA document concerns encryption developed in the 1980s but still used widely by cellphones that rely on 2G GSM. It is unclear if the agency may also be able to decode newer forms of encryption, such as those covered under CDMA."
I suggest you do more reading, and read more carefully. That "300" is cases, not 300 people, in similar cases mentioned there 12 people went to jail. There are hundreds to low thousands of Hezbollah in the US. There are more than 3,000 Chinese front companies alone used for espionage.
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When you start adding in Hamas, al Shahab, and plenty of other extremist organizations, spies from Russia, China, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, Iran, and plenty of other nations, it starts to add up.
The problem isn't the lack of evidence, but the disregarding of it.
If you aren't getting it yet, I'm just about going to have to assume you're trolling.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
If you trouble yourself to actually read some on the information you wouldn't make such silly comments.
Many of them, such as those associated with Hezbollah, are generating highly valuable funds for the organization, gather intelligence, and make preparations should they be called upon to act. And they certainly could engage in violence if called up. In the case of Hezbollah, they remain a "trump card" for Iran to play if things get too dicey in some future confrontation, such as an invasion. Activating them now would be a waste, and potentially an act of war that would result in enormous losses for Iran.
The fact that most of them aren't engaged in violence doesn't mean the threat of violence is zero since there are still others willing to act. Case in point:
Wichita Airport Technician Charged With Terrorist Plot
He would have gladly killed you if he could. Now here is a question for you, are you going to remain ignorant by being lazy yourself, or will you inform yourself a little better?
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell