SIM card security compromise

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I don't usually post here anymore, but just wondered if anybody knows whether O2 sim cards are amoungst those manufactured by Gemalto, which are now known to have been compromised by GCHQ.

If so, can we have them replaced with non-snooping versions?

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Better than the ones in white coats !! @jonsie 

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Not true. The ones in white coats at least ensure your safety...for a while...

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
They are welcome to read my text messages - I guarantee they will soon get bored and move on to someone interesting

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Pass them over...I will be the judge of that

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
They are welcome to read my text messages - I guarantee they will soon get bored and move on to someone interesting

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Pass them over...I will be the judge of that

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Most of them are about you.....

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
They are welcome to read my text messages - I guarantee they will soon get bored and move on to someone interesting

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Pass them over...I will be the judge of that

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Most of them are about you.....

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Which is why I asked for them to be passed to me....

[Anonymous]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

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@Toby wrote:

Gemalto is one of our approved suppliers for SIM cards which is accredited as defined by the GSMA’s security accreditation scheme.

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Probably that scheme means very little to GCHQ as it wasn't devised to protect against Government agencies.

http://www.gsma.com/technicalprojects/fraud-security/security-accreditation-scheme

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Well, frankly, the scheme now means very little to anyone, because despite the waffle on the website, [at least] one member has been compromised.  So it all means nothing.  Whether or not it has an actual effect on individual customers is an issue for those customers to contemplate.  That doesn't change the fact that a whole load of people wasted their time developing and promoting a scheme that's a load of rubbish.

[Anonymous]

If they are really THAT keen to read my text messages about my dogs or what I did at the weekend? Then they must have a boring life.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
If they are really THAT keen to read my text messages about my dogs or what I did at the weekend? Then they must have a boring life.

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Well I do computer security work, and also work part time for a foreign news agency.  As such, I deal with sensitive information that could cause problems if it's divulged at the wrong time.  Obviously, I take precautions against that, but I just want to highlight that for some people it's a bit more significant than having the spooks read their personal texts.

Besides, 'what you did at the weekend', is valuable information to a lot of people.  Imagine being out with friends and your mobile starts buzzing and ringing with adverts for STD clinics and a advisory that your health insurance just went up three fold, just because you phoned a few numbers based in SOHO?

[Anonymous]

Sounds just like the dozen or so ppi calls plus apparently I have been involved in several no fault accidents in the last 3 years. They were so serious I don't know about them.

Not really that bothered about those calls. I can choose to ignore.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Sounds just like the dozen or so ppi calls plus apparently I have been involved in several no fault accidents in the last 3 years. They were so serious I don't know about them.

Not really that bothered about those calls. I can choose to ignore.

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Because those are random cold calls that everybody receives and ignores.

When it's targetted to you personally, and affects bank rates, insurance quotes, visa applications, etc, it's harder to ignore.

Two very different things.

[Anonymous]

Maybe so and I can't fault your thinking on this.

I just can't get excited about it right now. That might change when more of the story comes out mind