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Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Schneier on Security

Back in 2005, unknown attackers targeted the cell phones of many Greek politicians by hacking the country's phone network and turning on an already-installed eavesdropping capability. Encryption ranges from very weak to possibly strong , depending on which flavor the system uses. In 2016, the vulnerability broker Zerodium offered $1.5

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