• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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      After 9/11 there was a government move to centralize communication among first responders. Lots of money allocated for new digital encrypted radio.

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        I thought this went further back to like ~98 and lawsuits around “export grade” encryption and the NSA was partnering with cell phone providers.

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            That’s because they’ve relaxed on it a bunch. Also, the stuff they were pushing in the 90s really wasn’t secure.

            There was a Darknet Diaries episode that covered a lot of this, but I can’t remember which one.

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          Rumor Control: there are 5 levels of encryption on a digital GSM over air call. It’s pretty much bullet proof. But, you can trick the phone or like the NSA get the call straight from the switch.