Bombshell Report Finds Phone Network Encryption Was Deliberately Weakened
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A new paper shows that two old encryption algorithms still used in mobile networks can be exploited to spy on phones’ internet traffic.
GEA-1, which was used in cellphones when the industry adopted GPRS standards in 2G networks, was intentionally designed to include a weakness that at least one cryptography expert sees as a backdoor.
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