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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI thought this went further back to like ~98 and lawsuits around “export grade” encryption and the NSA was partnering with cell phone providers.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoRumor Control: there are 5 levels of encryption on a digital GSM over air call. It’s pretty much bullet proof. But, you can trick the phone or like the NSA get the call straight from the switch.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThat’s because they’ve relaxed on it a bunch. Also, the stuff they were pushing in the 90s really wasn’t secure. There was a Darknet Diaries episode that covered a lot of this, but I can’t remember which one.
I thought this went further back to like ~98 and lawsuits around “export grade” encryption and the NSA was partnering with cell phone providers.
Rumor Control: there are 5 levels of encryption on a digital GSM over air call. It’s pretty much bullet proof. But, you can trick the phone or like the NSA get the call straight from the switch.
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That’s because they’ve relaxed on it a bunch. Also, the stuff they were pushing in the 90s really wasn’t secure.
There was a Darknet Diaries episode that covered a lot of this, but I can’t remember which one.