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GSM encryption crack made public

Posted Jan 6, 2010 21:15 UTC (Wed) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
Parent article: GSM encryption crack made public

Well, at least you're portraying the situation correctly.

The "why didn't you tell the carriers first" anti-full-disclosure noise on this one is giving me hives, all the moreso since *they did*. If I've known it was cracked for 4 years, and the carriers didn't, they all need to fire their chief engineers on the spot.

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Posted Jan 7, 2010 2:41 UTC (Thu) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]

The network operators have outsourced everything and are basically dependent on their equipment suppliers for all technical matters. And those suppliers have no doubt been telling them that attacks on A5/1 are 'purely theoretical'.

GSM encryption crack made public

Posted Jan 7, 2010 15:10 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

Well, excellent due diligence, there.

My assertion stands. :-)