| From: | Richard Friend |
| Date: | 18 Apr 2001 at 20:23:00 |
| Subject: | Re: Phone Hoax E-mail |
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony W. Prime <anthony@prime.clara.co.uk>
To: <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [amigactive] Re: Phone Hoax E-mail
>
> You`re probably thinking about Cloning of the old ETACS standard (which
> didn`t have sim cards). With simple equiptment you could pull the required
> information out of the air and clone a handset to believe it was another,
> because the handset ESN was sent as a burst of tones and could easily be
> decoded. That was one of the reasons behind the move to the GSM standard.
>
Phew, thanks! I can switch my 7110e back on again. <gg>
Seriously though, I've always wondered how secure mobiles are in these
modern times. I've had my AOL password stolen at one time and still don't
know how it was done as I never download anything from people I don't know.
I was wondering how long before the phone was compromised too!
Thanks.
Richy.
ICQ 18894975
http://www.aminutz.org.uk
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