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Hacker intercepts phone calls with DIY $1,500 IMSI catcher (maximumpc.com)
1 points by rexyo 5719 days ago
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GSM was cracked a long while ago, but now after Karsten Nohl has published his 1.7 TB rainbow tables via torrents, script kiddies will eventually be able to hack into your phones..

http://www.darknet.org.uk/2010/08/gsm-hacking-coming-to-the-...

Has anyone thought of what is gonna replace our broken A5/1 GSM privacy the next couple of years? Will we need new handsets to provide us with the next-gen cellphone encryption?