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28C3: New attacks on GSM mobiles and security measures shown (The H)

28C3: New attacks on GSM mobiles and security measures shown (The H)

Posted Dec 29, 2011 19:35 UTC (Thu) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: 28C3: New attacks on GSM mobiles and security measures shown (The H) by josh
Parent article: 28C3: New attacks on GSM mobiles and security measures shown (The H)

To clarify: I do think introducing more openness into these protocols will help make them more secure, but it would really hurt Osmocom if it gets portrayed and perceived as primarily a "hacking tool" (in the negative sense). That would tend to trigger poor reactions to it by GSM operators, which would seriously impact the ability to use Osmocom as part of a FOSS GSM stack for more open phones and other devices.


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