… While BBM is said to be more secure, it appears that’s just marginally so, because all cellular phones are vulnerable to be hacked, say security experts. Phone hacking is an increasing concern for companies worried about sensitive data being plucked by competitors. A little over a year ago, a pair of researchers in Germany [...]
… First, the dystopian future. John Villasenor of UCLA conducted research for the Brookings Institution that paints a depressing picture of where Internet monitoring is headed. In the paper, Recording Everything: Digital Storage As An Enabler Of Authoritarian Governments, Villasenor has uncovered convincing evidence that repressive regimes worldwide will soon be able to cheaply monitor all voice and [...]
Research in Motion (RIM) is helping Indian authorities monitor its BlackBerry services in that country after allegedly setting up a surveillance facility, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) citing people familiar with the matter. The RIM facility was set up in January this year and is apparently based in Mumbai. It helps the Indian government carry [...]
… Speaking at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) Congress here Tuesday, a pair of researchers demonstrated a start-to-finish means of eavesdropping on encrypted GSM cellphone calls and text messages, using only four sub-$15 telephones as network “sniffers,” a laptop computer and a variety of open source software. While such capabilities have long been available to law [...]
