VoLTE Flaw Lets A Hacker Spy On Encrypted Communications For A Measly $7,000

VoLTE Flaw Lets A Hacker Spy On Encrypted Communications For A Measly $7,000

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200813/20463845109/volte-flaw-lets-hacker-spy-encrypted-communications-measly-7000.shtml

As we've noted, much of the hysteria surrounding TikTok isn't based on anything close to consistent outrage. As in, many of the folks freaking out about a teen dancing app were nowhere to be found when U.S. wireless carriers were found to be selling access to your location data to any random idiot. Most of the folks pearl clutching about TikTok have opposed election security funding or even the most basic of privacy rules. The SS7 flaw that makes most wireless networks vulnerable to eavesdropping ? The lack of any security or privacy safeguards in the internet of things (IOT) space?

Which is all a long way of saying: if you're going to lose sleep over TikTok, you'll be shocked to learn there's an ocean of issues that folks are paying absolutely no attention to. Or, to put it another way, TikTok is probably the very least of a long list of problems related to keeping U.S. data secure.

VoLTE Flaw Lets A Hacker Spy On Encrypted Communications For A Measly $7,000

Aug 24, 2020, 2:28pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200813/20463845109/volte-flaw-lets-hacker-spy-encrypted-communications-measly-7000.shtml > As we've noted, much of the hysteria surrounding TikTok isn't based on anything close to consistent outrage. As in, many of the folks freaking out about a teen dancing app were nowhere to be found when U.S. wireless carriers were found to be selling access to your location data to any random idiot. Most of the folks pearl clutching about TikTok have opposed election security funding or even the most basic of privacy rules. The SS7 flaw that makes most wireless networks vulnerable to eavesdropping ? The lack of any security or privacy safeguards in the internet of things (IOT) space? > Which is all a long way of saying: if you're going to lose sleep over TikTok, you'll be shocked to learn there's an ocean of issues that folks are paying absolutely no attention to. Or, to put it another way, TikTok is probably the very least of a long list of problems related to keeping U.S. data secure.