Cracking Any GSM Mobile Phone

by brennannovak on 1/1/2011, 4:22 AM with 10 comments
  • by huhtenberg on 1/1/2011, 6:19 AM

    > Key to grabbing the data from the air were cheap Motorola phones which can have their onboard software swapped for an open source alternative.

    Wasn't there a news bit not long ago about law enforcement agencies being puzzled by criminals buying/stealing loads of cheap Motorola phones?

  • by cnvogel on 1/1/2011, 8:59 AM

    Previous report on this talk by arstechnica.com:

    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2049026

  • by msh on 1/1/2011, 9:51 AM

    But, remember, this is a crack for GSM (2g), it is not a crack for UTMS (3G).

  • by coin on 1/1/2011, 8:11 AM

    This is one advantage CDMA has over GSM, it's much harder to intercept CDMA http://www.denbeste.nu/cdmafaq/eavesdrp.shtml