Reply to post: Re: Interesting

Latest 4G, 5G phone-location slurp attack is a doozy, but won't Torpedo Average Joe or Jane

Graham Cobb Silver badge

Re: Interesting

Maybe, but I suspect most non-state organisations (private investigators, newspapers, criminal gangs) would find it a lot easier to just bribe a policeman. The only people doing this will be ones who really, really don't want anyone to know. Unless you have upset Mossad or the GRU I suspect this attack is unlikely.

But this research is still valuable: it is possible that the vulnerabilities discovered here could be used in some other way the researchers haven't thought of yet so they need to be fixed.

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