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the digital age is many things... By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Jordan Robertson, LAS VEGAS – A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said. The attack Chris Paget showed Saturday illustrates weaknesses in GSM, one of the world's most widely used cellular communications technologies. His attack was benign; he showed how he could intercept a few dozen calls made by fellow hackers in the audience for his talk at the DefCon conference here. But it illustrates that criminals could do the same thing for malicious purposes, and that consumers have few options for protecting themselves. Paget said he hopes his research helps spur adoption of newer communications standards that are more secure. "GSM is broken — it's just plain broken," he said. _________________________________________ Imagine, people are accessing the bank accounts on the phone, lately they have advertised an app, which can deposit your paycheck just by taking a picture of it.. now suppose this hacker was close with his device.. ZAP, your money is gone.. Many stores use, satellite digital transmission, every time you use their atm or swipe your card, and many gas stations use it also. but I bet none of these places, even think to consider if someone has attached a device to their hard line, and record data as it goes through the phone box. We trust the system, but we may know less than we need to know about the break points. there is always a hacker out trying to break into something, people may need to ask more questions, as the nature of some people is simply criminal, and so have motives that we may not have considered they could have. I use my phone to talk, and mostly use the text function, when I have limited time, and need to leave or send a quick message. I just can't see sitting there texting back and forth, when I can dial their number and talk, and if they are busy, then they are probably too busy to have a ongoing back and forth texting session. Besides, people have no idea, that stuff is recorded in someones server. Everything done on the web has a footprint... |
