Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Think Your Cellphone Conversation is Safe?

False.

Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world’s mobile phones. The move will leave more than 3bn people vulnerable to having their calls intercepted, and could force mobile phone operators into a costly upgrade of their networks.


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54ca8e66-f485-11de-9cba-00144feab49a.html