Category: telecom
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The FCC Wants to Eliminate Burner Phones
The FCC Wants to Eliminate Burner Phones A proposed FCC rule would kill burner phones: phones whose accounts are not attached to a particular person. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country’s telecoms to store a wealth of personal information about essentially all phone customers, including a government issued identification number…
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US Disrupts Massive Cell Phone Array in New York
US Disrupts Massive Cell Phone Array in New York This is a weird story: The US Secret Service disrupted a network of telecommunications devices that could have shut down cellular systems as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The agency said on Tuesday that last month it found more…
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Arguing Against CALEA
Arguing Against CALEA At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought: In other words, while the legally-mandated CALEA capability requirements have changed little over the last three decades,…
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Salt Typhoon’s Reach Continues to Grow
Salt Typhoon’s Reach Continues to Grow The US government has identified a ninth telecom that was successfully hacked by Salt Typhoon. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier