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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.

https://archive.is/OSx06

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[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Of course t-mobile has the shittiest security.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Nobody's going to notice. Who would listen in on satellite communication? Nobody would be able to afford the equipment."

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 days ago

It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case when the satellite equipment was originally installed. SDRs only became available fairly recently. Before that, you would either have to have the knowledge and ability to build your own equipment or have a lot of money.

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