The StingRay Is Why the 4th Amendment Was Written (2017)

Post by aeternum » Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 8:54 PM UTC

stefan_ wrote: post #47

rival_elf wrote: post #44

I work in the field of cell network security research and want to help clear up some misinformation I'm seeing in these comments. First, I just want to highlight that reason cell site simulators (the more general term for StingRays/IMSI-catchers) exist is because cell phones cannot authenticate all messages coming from cell towers. I'm seeing some vague comments about "a lack of encryption", but it's primarily more o…

We have SIM cards for 30 years to authenticate unique users to the network, but those same cards can't authenticate the network? No, this is entirely by choice and could have been trivially solved. They just forgot the "server certificate" part.

Post by nickthemagicman » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 1:55 AM UTC

toxik wrote: post #93

nickthemagicman wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gay Marriage, Citizens United, Whistleblower protections, Encryption, Net Neutrality, warrantless surveillance... It's actually hard to think of an issue where Republicans have been on the right side of protecting Civil liberties in recent history other than gun control. Are the ACLU leftists or are leftists the ones protecting civil liberties? Sort of a chicken and the egg situation.

How about actually standing up to China and not just talking about it? Let go of the partisanship please.

Post by celticmusic » Wed, Jan 01, 2020, 4:21 AM UTC

CapricornNoble wrote: post #148

BoiledCabbage wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His point that you keep missing is that malicious intentions doesn't equal death. Someone wanting to steal from you doesn't mean the death penalty. Stealing is malicious.

And you are willing to gamble the lives of yourself and your loved ones on the assumption that the intruders' only intentions are theft? Why? To protect the intruders' physical wellbeing?