GSM Cracked

It's a bit late however it is interesting

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Spend $500 on a bit of radio hardware, plug it into your laptop and you too can play spooks and listen in to someone’s mobile phone call.

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Source:http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/...d-for-500.html

Incase anybody doesn't know, GSM is the method by which our mobile phones work (The US use another type but I wouldn't worry about that). The encryption can now be cracked... sort of

Scary stuff really.

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Originally Posted by 00chips

It's a bit late however it is interesting

Source:http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/...d-for-500.html

Incase anybody doesn't know, GSM is the method by which our mobile phones work (The US use another type but I wouldn't worry about that). The encryption can now be cracked... sort of

Scary stuff really.

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You mean CDMA? We use that in Canada too. It sucks:( In both Canada and USA there are GSM carriers and CDMA carriers.

i guess o2 users are ****** then? :(

Hmm, interesting. Although anything CAN be cracked, how many people actually do it and how likely you it is to happen to you is a different story.

And yeah the CDMA/GSM thing sounds sucky, even if you unlock your phone you're stuck choosing networks that uses the same technology aren't you? I know there are 4 main carriers in the US, AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM and Verizon and Sprint use CDMA, so by unlocking your phone you get to choose... the other network. Sounds crap!

Oh dear, what a shame.

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Originally Posted by Professor-Alex

Hmm, interesting. Although anything CAN be cracked, how many people actually do it and how likely you it is to happen to you is a different story.

And yeah the CDMA/GSM thing sounds sucky, even if you unlock your phone you're stuck choosing networks that uses the same technology aren't you? I know there are 4 main carriers in the US, AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM and Verizon and Sprint use CDMA, so by unlocking your phone you get to choose... the other network. Sounds crap!

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Couldn't suck more in Canada, where most carriers are ripoffs anyway. I can't just take out a sim card from my phone and stick it into another phone, because we don't use sim cards on CDMA networks. Unfortunately when I'm locked into a 3 year phone contract, I HAVE to use that phone for 3 years. You have to buy your phone from the carrier, too. They wont activate a phone with an ESN that they didn't sell.

Actually what's the point of this thread? It's like saying, "Users can now get phones with real web browsers". Ooooold ooold news:P

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

Couldn't suck more in Canada, where most carriers are ripoffs anyway. I can't just take out a sim card from my phone and stick it into another phone, because we don't use sim cards on CDMA networks. Unfortunately when I'm locked into a 3 year phone contract, I HAVE to use that phone for 3 years. You have to buy your phone from the carrier, too. They wont activate a phone with an ESN that they didn't sell.

Actually what's the point of this thread? It's like saying, "Users can now get phones with real web browsers". Ooooold ooold news:P

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3 years?! Wow... I don't know how the carriers can do that with a straight face! Phone technology moves so fast, in 3 years your phone becomes far outdated, especially if you're a nerd who likes the latest gadgets and stuff. 3 years ago the iPhone was a glint in the milkman's eye and we still thought cameras on phones were a pretty nifty idea!

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Originally Posted by Professor-Alex

3 years?! Wow... I don't know how the carriers can do that with a straight face! Phone technology moves so fast, in 3 years your phone becomes far outdated, especially if you're a nerd who likes the latest gadgets and stuff. 3 years ago the iPhone was a glint in the milkman's eye and we still thought cameras on phones were a pretty nifty idea!

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Did we? The N95 was out and had been for a very long time with a 5mp camera!

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Did we? The N95 was out and had been for a very long time with a 5mp camera!

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Nah, it wasn't. Pretty much exactly 3 years from now the K800i (which I got and still have) came out which was the top end phone at the time with a 3.2MP camera.

I don't know many people, who'd be prepared to pay that much. But wow :)