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In this case, the devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the U.N. building. The investigation is ongoing, but McCool said forensic analysis currently believe the system could have been used to send encrypted messages to organized crime groups, cartels and terrorist organizations.

Whenever this excuse is used to crackdown on some communication technology, I instantly know it's a tech that will either make communications cheaper or free and/or more secure and out of the reach of goobermints and corporations to monitor.  "We must protect people from the criminals and terrorists!"  Always the excuse to further curtail freedom.  Playing on fear is the ultimate justification for the police state.

How 'SIM farms' like the one found near the UN could collapse telecom networks

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-sim-farms-like-the-one-found-near-the-un-could-collapse-telecom-networks

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The SIM Swarm: How a 100,000-Card Farm Exposes Critical Flaws in Mobile Security

The recent U.S. Secret Service takedown of a massive telecommunications network, boasting 300 SIM servers and over 100,000 SIM cards, reveals a sophisticated threat landscape evolving beyond simple phishing. This "SIM swarm" infrastructure represents a scalable weapon for espionage, denial-of-service attacks, and widespread social engineering, fundamentally undermining the trust we place in mobile networks as a secure authentication factor.

The very concept of a phone number as a identity anchor will be called into question, leading to new standards for digital identity verification.

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The very concept of a phone number as a identity anchor will be called into question, leading to new standards for digital identity verification.

I'm pretty surprised they haven't made the sale of "Burner Phones" illegal.  Maybe because spies use them all the time?

In other newz, now when you travel to Europe, everybody has their fingerprints scanned when they go through customs.  I wouldn't be surprised if pretty soon they scan your fingerprints as soon as your parents register you for school.

Next up, you get chipped at birth.

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