Re: cryptophone ideas
At 8:06 PM 04/21/94 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Hacking and reprogramming all the base stations is impossible. Its not the same as reprogramming the phone. Its the difference between learning French and getting everyone in the world to learn French.
Perry
Agreed, but two people can definitely learn french, and you can send a french dictionary to your friends... Passing instructions a la "ok, now use that cable you jus bought at radio shack and stick this wire there, and the other end in the back of the PC..." is still difficult, but nowhere nearly as impossible as getting your cousin who works in a diner firm to reburn his ROM. I wasn't looking at a global accessibility, more as a possibility for a small group. -j
Jamie Lawrence says:
At 8:06 PM 04/21/94 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Hacking and reprogramming all the base stations is impossible. Its not the same as reprogramming the phone. Its the difference between learning French and getting everyone in the world to learn French.
Perry
Agreed, but two people can definitely learn french, and you can send a french dictionary to your friends... Passing instructions a la
Let me be blunt. You aren't going to deploy a complete new cellular phone system on your own. If you do think you are, you have lost your mind. You can't just hack a CDMA or similar phone to make it secure -- the other end has to be speaking the same protocol. The other end is a very expensive station built and paid for by your local cellular provider which is unlikely to be easily modified by you the customer. You aren't going to be able to run your own cellphone system, either. Perry
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