More potential problems WRT Security Issues
NSA planned to hack the Google App Store, if reports are to be believed.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/21/nsa-five-eyes-google-samsung-app-stores-spyware/
Additionally the 2G network will be dismatled eventually, being 20 years old.
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NSA planned to hack the Google App Store, if reports are to be believed.
@wkleem: Honestly, I expected as much. Although I don't approve of their activities, I have to admire their dedication to their mandate... :angry:
Additionally the 2G network will be dismatled eventually, being 20 years old.
It's about time. :lol:
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Additionally the 2G network will be dismatled eventually, being 20 years old.
It's about time. :lol:
What do you make of the advice that we should use simple or dumb phones then? Wasn't it supposed to be more secure? The only simple phones that I know of are the decade+ old 2G phones.
iPhone changed all that, of course 8 years ago!
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@wkleem: It depends entirely on the context. If you're transmitting data securely the network itself is irrelevant (the NSA hates encrypted transport). And it certainly doesn't make any sense to forego the device security that iOS offers for a 'dumb' phone, for example.
However, it's best not to conduct illegal activity via unencrypted email over the cell network, regardless of the device. :unamused:
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@wkleem: I don't mean to come of as being cavalier about privacy issues, but I fear that I may at times.
Beyond each of us
Aholding those in power who represent us accountable,Bsupporting organizations who actively work to protect civil liberties, andCstaying informed so that we can make good decisions, there is little that we can do to change this currently sad state of affairs.I'll admit I can be rather pessimistic and fatalistic about these things. But I think it's important that we all remember (especially me!) that the trend over time has been to put more technology in the hands of "ordinary citizens" like you and me, whereas in the past cryptography and technology in general were largely far out of reach of common people. So I think that perhaps, on balance, we are far better off than we used to be in this regard...though it may be hard to keep that in perspective now that our understanding has grown to the point where we know enough the be paranoid. :)
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@wkleem: And of course I completely forgot to mention the Note to Self episode that made me think to post here again:
Note to Self: When Your Conspiracy Theory Is True
I just discovered this show via Radiolab, since Note to Self was featured in the latest episode as well:
Great show, and there is a lot of interesting information on surveillance and tracking technologies. The show in the first link deals primarily with cell phone tracking, while the second is about aerial surveillance, so I thought they might be of interest to you and others.
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Haha, no problem! Yeah, I'm sorry to dump all that on you. I just thought it was all so fascinating! :)
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