13,500 Vivo Smartphones found running on same IMEI number

Re:13,500 Vivo Smartphones found running on same IMEI number by perryizgr8 on Friday June 12, 2020 @12:20AM (#23495987)

I think GSM security is less relevant than ever, specially in India. More and more people are using Whatsapp and Messenger instead of voice calls. SMS is literally non-existent. Since Whatsapp is end to end encrypted, the carrier/govt simply cannot look at the contents.

PS: I wonder why you'd call one of the world's largest LTE networks "obscure". Number of Jio users is probably comparable to entire population of USA.

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Re:13,500 Vivo Smartphones found running on same IMEI number by opless on Friday June 12, 2020 @06:23AM (#23497789)

> Jio, obscure to the western world, where Vodafone, T-mobile, Telefonica, and AT&T are fairly well known across the world. I get it’s the third largest carrier but is only serving the one country.

> GSM security, is everything. Getting the metadata of who you are and where you are, and being able to capture that passively is pretty sensitive metadata, I’m sure you’d agree.

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