Newt's phone calls
Duncan Frissell
frissell at panix.com
Thu Jan 16 17:35:59 PST 1997
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At 07:50 AM 1/17/97 +1000, Greg Taylor wrote:
>Most of the world has been using GSM digital technology for some years
>now, with automatic international roaming, unless you travel to the USA.
>No one in their right mind uses an analogue mobile phone any more if they
>are concerned about eavesdropping. The Newt incident simply could not
>happen with GSM.
Of course GSM encryption was weakened by the orders of various governments so that the national police forces could still listen in.
DCF
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