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RE: Cell Phone Code Cracked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mullen, Patrick)
Fri Mar 21 14:20:47 1997
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 16:29:16 -0500
From: "Mullen, Patrick" <Patrick.Mullen@GSC.GTE.Com>
To: "'Cryptography'" <cryptography@c2.net>
>Technical details of the security system were supposed to be
>a closely guarded secret, known only to a tight circle of
>industry engineers. But the researchers performed their work
>based on technical documents that were leaked from within the
>communications industry and disseminated over the Internet
>late last year.
Hm. Can you say "(In)Security through obscurity?" :-(
>>"Our work shows clearly why you don't do this behind closed
>>doors," Mr. Schneier said. "I'm angry at the cell phone
>>industry because when they changed to the new technology, they
>had a chance to protect privacy and they failed."
Hit the nail right on the head...
~~ Patrick
>
