How the Greek cellphone network was tapped.

[Chris Trott]

It's an interesting question for sure.

I can't help but think that if the hardware platforms were to open up, and
the handsets obtain some sort of ubiquity that this sort of thing would
spontaneously evolve.

I saw this link today:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/07/openmokocom_goes_live_get_your.html
And apart from the fact that I was just plain out impressed that it has 2 3d
accelerometers, I thought it was only a matter of time before someone
inserts a cryptographic layer between the voice and the transmission.

Cheers,

Chris


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-cryptography at metzdowd.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Bellovin
Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:57 AM
To: ifarquha at cisco.com
Cc: 'John Ioannidis'; silvio at burst.net; 'Perry E. Metzger';
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Subject: Re: How the Greek cellphone network was tapped.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:52:38 +1000
"Ian Farquhar \(ifarquha\)" <ifarquha at cisco.com> wrote:


> 
> And don't forget, some of the biggest markets are still
> crypto-phobic.  Every time I enter China I have to tick a box on the
> entry form indicating that I am not carrying any "communications
> security equipment". 


That's interesting -- the news just came out about Blackberry entering
the Chinese market...  See
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/58167.html which (briefly) discusses
such issues.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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