New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
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#2Spoofed phone alerts are the new leaflet propaganda. They will be used to generate a significant amount of confusion and some terror abroad by whoever just decides to do it first: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_leaflet_propaganda
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#3"flaws"
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#4Given how common government surveillance is these days, enabled especially by certain companies that consider themselves pioneers in the 5G space, I am not overly convinced that this functionality is unintentional.
Interesting how the GSMA claim that these vulnerabilities are "judged as nil or low-impact in practice". It doesn't sound like low-impact if used to target specific people.
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#5Given how common government surveillance is these days, enabled especially by certain companies that consider themselves pioneers in the 5G space, I am not overly convinced that this functionality is unintentional. Interesting how the GSMA claim that these vulnerabilities are "judged as nil or low-impact in practice". It doesn't sound like low-impact if used to target specific people.
> Interesting how the GSMA claim
The GSMA is an industry body for coordinating interoperating standards. You couldn’t even say it has been “compromised” because it doesn’t really have any social mandate.
Re: New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
#6Given how common government surveillance is these days, enabled especially by certain companies that consider themselves pioneers in the 5G space, I am not overly convinced that this functionality is unintentional. Interesting how the GSMA claim that these vulnerabilities are "judged as nil or low-impact in practice". It doesn't sound like low-impact if used to target specific people.
> Interesting how the GSMA claim The GSMA is an industry body for coordinating interoperating standards. You couldn’t even say it has been “compromised” because it doesn’t really have any social mandate.
GSMA represents network operators. They don't coordinate standard.
3GPP makes the spec and sends it for ITU for ratification. 3GPP has 7 organizational partners: USA represented by ATIS, ETSI for EU and CCSA for China. GSMA is one of the 17 invited market representation partners who can provide advice and participate in consensus decision making but have no vote.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Interesting how the GSMA claim The GSMA is an industry body for coordinating interoperating standards. You couldn’t even say it has been “compromised” because it doesn’t really have any social mandate.
GSMA represents network operators. They don't coordinate standard. 3GPP makes the spec and sends it for ITU for ratification. 3GPP has 7 organizational partners: USA represented by ATIS, ETSI for EU and CCSA for China. GSMA is one of the 17 invited market representation partners who can provide advice and participate in consensus decision making but have no vote.
Sure. But the substance of what I was saying still stands no?
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#8Oh boy here we go. What are the odds Chinese vendors have designed these as bugdoors? That'd give them a good motive to push so hard for this adoption.
Re: New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
#9Oh boy here we go. What are the odds Chinese vendors have designed these as bugdoors? That'd give them a good motive to push so hard for this adoption.
US, Europe and almost any country have police using fake cell-site, some also have mass surveillance program.
Why blame only the Chinese when "3-letter agency" might be as happy to have possibility to snoop on 5G traffic?
Re: New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
#10Oh boy here we go. What are the odds Chinese vendors have designed these as bugdoors? That'd give them a good motive to push so hard for this adoption.
US, Europe and almost any country have police using fake cell-site, some also have mass surveillance program. Why blame only the Chinese when "3-letter agency" might be as happy to have possibility to snoop on 5G traffic?
Since it's Chinese vendors such as Huawei pushing their implementation. Supposedly it's resistant to such interference, now it turns out it's not. Surprise surprise.