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Researchers at a computer security conference in Washington, D.C. this week detailed a method for dramatically reducing the cost and time needed to crack the security that prevents eavesdropping of GSM-based mobile phones. The weaknesses in the GSM encryption technology -- a 64-bit scheme known as A5/1 -- were first detailed nearly a decade ago, but cracking the code has generally required a great deal of patience and some very expensive hardware (with hardware costs...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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