Submitted 3 weeks ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
Same article was posted yesterday: lemmy.world/post/37318526
Oops didn’t see it when I looked up before posting
I knew that 20+ years ago.
My friend with a dish told me they can download the encrypted streams of files, I was pretty shocked and went digging through the files ( Lots of winamp downloads).
What’s surprising is nothing has changed.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Of course t-mobile has the shittiest security.
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not the only one but I’m just stumped by incompetence here to the point where it almost feels like malice.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Nobody’s going to notice. Who would listen in on satellite communication? Nobody would be able to afford the equipment.”