GSM a tool for hackers

To the argument u gave. i woulld like to tell people here that the data "over the air trasmisson" is always encrypted. the most Common service i.e GSM has a ciphering technique and Encryption for authentication. So till date over the air hacking is still not possible on the GSM and Other commercial  networks.

Even if the data is intercepted by any Hacker,the data is 'Waste' for him as he cannot de-cipher it in any case.

Even the techonlogies like the Wi-Fi and the Blutooth all have over the air Encyption Satandards set in their protocols.

I strongly is disagree that there is some problem in the E.M waves front.

Always the base station and the mobile station is vulnerable for attcks.

Thanx

I agree with all your arguments here!! I cannot add anything more valuable than that!! Thanks for the referral :))

Frequency can never be used by a hacker. Also, with the the introduction of all the modern handsets with complex machinary, it is not easy to steal any datas from there. So, I believe GSM is not a tool for hackers.

The GSM Hacking is mostly Defined (and with Found instances )only on the Handset end. That too is confined to Cell-Phone Cloning and And Some Private Data Stealing. With new Handsets With complex OS and Having Data-Centric Services are, no doubt vulnerable to hacking. But there is still long way to go When the no of cases are Considerable. As of now the Situation is too small.

Also

The new platforms like The Andriod(From Google) and the iphone and blackberry even the Open_source Mobile OS all have sound Security Specifiications.

So i belive the overall Hacking in mobile is still at very low level. but the Threat is bigger due to  almost millions and billions of subscibers using it.

Anirudh Gargi