From: Dobbin the Wonderhorse 

Phil Payne wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:45353977$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Phil Payne wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061016005
45_pf.html
>>> .. wiretaps of Washington area cellphone numbers ..
>
>> Or simple "radio intercepts". Send a Canadian trawler
south 
>
> The Chinese have satellites.  They also have phased array technology - who
> doesn't?  Cellphones are easy to listen to - back in the analogue days
> (mid-10980s) I drove around with an AR1500 and had hours of good clean fun.
> With the digitals you need to do a bit of decryption, but it's not that
> challenging - there's open-source code available.
>
> You can pretty much assume anything you say on a cellphone will be heard by
> at least five governments.
>
>
>

Yup. It's hwy I'm looking forward to mobiles being simple carriers for
VOIP. At least then you can crank up the bit lengths & give Ft Meade
some fun.

Adam

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