How the “Great SIM Heist” could have been avoided

Michael Trotter-Lawson
Feb 23, 2015
1 min read

This is an intriguing new chapter in the Edward Snowden saga and the potential data captured and leveraged by the federal government. This article speaks specifically to the value of access to cryptographic keys that secure SIM cards and what that means to privacy.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/23/how-the-great-sim-heist-could-have-been-avoided/

#SIMcardheist #Snowden

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