Comments on: The return of cloning? http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/12/the-return-of-cloning/ Intelligent Mobile Discussion Mon, 23 May 2011 18:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Paul M http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/2009/12/the-return-of-cloning/#comment-8010 Paul M Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.pda-247.com/wordpress/?p=10912#comment-8010 the big problem is that the mobile operators have had years to upgrade their networks but have failed to do so, and also that they haven't even used the full security available, choosing to use weakened keys which are more amenable to hacking. as ever with crypto, governments don't like citizens to have strong crypto so that they can intercept communications, but the end result is usually that the bad guys also get to do the same and have considerably less ethics in the process the big problem is that the mobile operators have had years to upgrade their networks but have failed to do so, and also that they haven’t even used the full security available, choosing to use weakened keys which are more amenable to hacking.

as ever with crypto, governments don’t like citizens to have strong crypto so that they can intercept communications, but the end result is usually that the bad guys also get to do the same and have considerably less ethics in the process

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