GSM eavesdropping

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Tue Aug 3 11:49:00 EDT 2010


On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:46:24PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:

> > "The default mode for any internet communication is encrypted"
> 
> That's... extreme.  There are many things that will not be encrypted,

Extreme? I don't see why my ISP should be able to inspect and monetize
my data stream.

> starting with the DNS itself, and also most public contents (because

Encryption is cheap enough (especially if you cache keys from
previous sessions). Why not encrypt everything?

> their purveyors won't want to pay for the crypto; sad but true).

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