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UNITED STATES EUROPE Issue dated 03/09/2009

Pirates and Encryption Aces Focus on Mobile Phone

Long considered secure, the encryption of mobile telephone networks is by no means perfect. Companies are taking their precautions. [...] (314 words)
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Telephone tapping: Governments no longer hold a monopoly 

Forget expensive electronic gear and secretive maneuvers once needed to tap into telephone lines. It's now possible technically - if not exactly legal - to intercept GSM communications with light and inexpensive equipment. Hackers have succeeded in building makeshift antenna relays to capture GSM transmissions and to even hack into Femtocell, a small cellular base station specially designed for home and small businesses. [...]

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