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Why aren’t Stingrays rendered ineffective by standard MITM defenses? – Information Security Stack Exchange

http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/117460/why-arent-stingrays-rendered-ineffective-by-standard-mitm-defenses There’s been a lot of reporting in the past few years about law enforcement agencies using IMSI catchers (also known as Stingrays after a popular brand of them) to intercept cellular communications. Stingrays and other IMSI-catchers violate the cell tower agreements by producing an illegal signal, pretending to be a cell tower.They control the

Turing Robotics Drops Android And Sets Up Shop In Finland Amid Global Security Concerns | TechCrunch

California-based secure smartphone manufacturer Turing Robotics Industries announced that it will move manufacturing and its new global headquarter to the Finnish city of Salo. Turing’s decision is rooted in security concerns. “Finland’s Act on the Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communications which safeguards confidentiality and privacy in telecommunications was the main reason behind TRI’s move