[Cryptography] Insecure email might be an even bigger problem than we suspected

mok-kong shen mok-kong.shen at t-online.de
Wed Oct 5 17:28:36 EDT 2016


Am 04.10.2016 um 01:32 schrieb Ray Dillinger:
>
> I must confess that I've given up on mobile phone security
> completely.  I no longer carry a smart phone.  I will probably
> get a stupid one (voice only, no sensors other than microphone)
> one day soon; until then I am available only via land line.
>
> A stupid phone will go along with my dedicated GPS, which
> has no outgoing communications ability whatsoever, does not
> update its map (except when I change its little memory card)
> and does not use any network service.
>
> Sometimes opting out is a reasonable choice.

But location tracking is also feasible even in case of a stupid
mobile phone.

M. K. Shen




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