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A flight was delayed after someone named their Wi-Fi hotspot 'Samsung Galaxy Note 7'
While the Virgin Airlines plane was mid-flight, cabin crew noticed that one of the available Wi-Fi networks was called "Samsung Galaxy Note7_1097." (www.businessinsider.com) More...http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/23/virgin_america_flight_samsung_note_7/
Never shout hello to anyone named "Jack" in a busy airport...
In the US all frequencies are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. As someone stated earlier there is no free or unregulated air space. Each country has its type of Communications authority. And each country is regulated by the International Telecommunications Union. So knowing that can you say that D.C. To Daylight is highly regulated and profitable...
But, what we do with our SSID's on that spectrum is NOT regulated in any way (must accept interference blah blah blah....). Same reason many police depts and what not are changing to encrypted and FCC governed frequencies that (unlicensed)civilians are not allowed to used. Heck, Ham Radio guys need a permit in most states.
I apologize for the double tap, but the reason why agencies are encrypting their signals is to keep people committing crimes unaware of the agencies activities to capture them. As an added caveat IF said person has the means to decrypt said signals, the perpetrators can be charged at the federal level and if convicted at the state and federal level, it's going to be a long sentence.
Way OT - but, as for the decrypting of "secure" traffic. Simple (with help from eBay and China). From there, it is what you do with the decrypted traffic...that is the pain with radio - you never know who is getting it, what they are doing with it and can not detect the recipient if they are not also transmitting....but, another forum maybe :-)
It's not that simple. With the big push to go digital, such as P25, APCO25, NexGEN, to name a few, the transmission are becoming extremely difficult to decode. Now for example the public service entity in my location decided on P25 phase 1 with 128 bit encryption with gps time sequencing. It would take several dozen years to decrypt the audio stream that was made last week if it had been recorded. There is also the fact they also have more than a dozen AES encryption keys to rotate through. Now if you have a receiver playing live audio, you have just broken state and federal laws.
We have "played" many times with devices that can handle the cypher in just about "real time". "Detecting" the AES version is childs play, grabbing the TKIP...Snort and any iOS device or Android (laptop running Redhat). Channel, any WLC will give you that...and, the devices are an the open market on many foreign websites. Get yourself a Pringles can and some internet and a Yagi is less than $5 and you get a snack...
From there, the fact that a "lost" radio in the hands of a less than honest cop ruins any security any way (unless they want to re-key every handset)
I would never never ever sneak a into China either.....hard to get SmartNet coverage from there however ;-)
From there, the fact that a "lost" radio in the hands of a less than honest cop ruins any security any way (unless they want to re-key every handset)
I would never never ever sneak a into China either.....hard to get SmartNet coverage from there however ;-)
Again, you have no clue what you are talking about. A lost radio does not impinge on security once it is reported lost, as that radio can be killed remotely and taken out of the network.
LOL - again, depends on technology and so many other factors. A police Dept in N. Illinois "lost" a digital radio - and it was over $200k for new ones - ALL new programing and man power (then pesky FOIA stuff on top)
Mobile Detonation Device
http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/02/this-absolutely-chilling-wi-fi-hotspot-name-spread-terror-on-a-qantas-flight-5853653/
Mobile Detonation Device Al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork
http://abc7.com/news/lax-flight-delayed-after-wifi-hotspot-name-prompts-concerns/367110/
Daesh21
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/frenchman-given-suspended-sentence-for-naming-his-wi-fi-network-daesh-21/
I wonder if whoever posted their bail saw the humor