---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181204231901.GA22548@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:19:02 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Little FYI: Wi-Fi calling services on AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon are insecure, say boffins Subscribers using wireless calls wide open to attack By Thomas Claburn in San Francisco Boffins from Michigan State University in the US and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have found that the Wi-Fi calling services offered by AT&T, T-Mobile US, and Verizon suffer from four security flaws that can be exploited to attack mobile phone users, leaking private information, harassing them, or interfering with service. In a research paper distributed through preprint service ArXiv on Thursday, eight computer scientists - Tian Xie, Guan-Hua Tu, Bangjie Yin, Chi-Yu Li, Chunyi Peng, Mi Zhang, Hui Liu, and Xiaomin Liu - dismiss existing Wi-Fi calling security mechanisms. They say that defenses like storing private keys on SIM cards, 3GPP Authentication and Key Agreement, IPSec for call signaling and voice/text packets, and switching to cellular networks to defend against Wi-Fi denial of service attacks fall short. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/30/wifi_calling_services_insecure/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181202234715.GA17481@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 18:47:15 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: The Unresolved Issue of Verizon Throttling Santa Clara's Fire Department Shows Why ISPs Need Rules By Ernesto Falcon And Katharine Trendacosta In August, it was revealed that Verizon throttled the wireless broadband services of fire fighters in the middle of a state emergency and spent four weeks debating with the local fire department while trying to upsell them a more expensive plan. This week, the Santa Clara Board of County Supervisors held a hearing to review what happened during the state's worst fire in history. The hearing revealed that, Verizon's statements to the contrary, nothing about this public safety issue has been resolved. EFF testified at the hearing to provide an understanding as to the legal and technical issues that are part of the conflict to assist the county in its review. In addition, EFF believes Verizon's conduct would have subjected them to penalties under the 2015 Open Internet Order, because the actions by Verizon's sales team appeared to be unjust and unreasonable under Title II of the Communications Act. Verizon have fully admitted that they were at fault and wrong to have engaged in the conduct and have offered to end some of the business practices that led to the problem for the west coast states and Hawaii. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/unresolved-issue-verizon-throttling-santa-claras-fire-department-shows-why-isps -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181204231319.GA22526@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:13:19 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: When Tumblr bans porn, who loses? Verizon is leaving the engine of internet culture to sputter and die, and its communities to scramble for a new home. By Kaitlyn Tiffany On Monday, Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio announced in a post on the staff blog that explicit visual content will be banned from the site starting on December 17. That means no more sex acts, no more nudity, and no more "female-presenting nipples," whatever that means. The move comes after the Tumblr app was removed from the App Store in late November, due to the presence of child pornography on a number of private blogs. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/4/18126112/tumblr-porn-ban-verizon-ad-goals-sex-work-fandom -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181204230850.GA22495@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:08:50 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon/AOL helped advertisers track kids online, must now pay $5M fine Verizon-owned AOL helped advertisers track children online in order to serve targeted ads, in violation of a federal children's privacy law, and has agreed to pay a fine of $4.95 million, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced today. "The Attorney General's Office found that AOL conducted billions of auctions for ad space on hundreds of websites the company knew were directed to children under the age of 13," Underwood's announcement said. "Through these auctions, AOL collected, used, and disclosed personal information from the websites' users in violation of COPPA [Children's Online Privacy Protection Act], enabling advertisers to track and serve targeted ads to young children." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/verizonaol-helped-advertisers-track-kids-online-must-now-pay-5m-fine/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <XTkND.284535$lKb.224106@fx15.am4> Date: 4 Dec 2018 01:37:59 +0000 From: "OldBellHead" <865b5cd0025b5446449bdb269b2b3602_5889@example.com> Subject: Re: Looking for AT&T CoinSoft Software replying to Sigmaz , OldBellHead wrote: > 865b5cd0025b5446449bdb269b2b3602_5874 wrote: > >> missmyrocky wrote: >> >> I know this is years past but I may be able to help you out..... >> >> ***** Moderator's Note ***** >> >> This is a reply to a post by Karl Timmermann, dated 9/15/11. >> >> Bill Horne >> Moderator > > I'd be interested in any information you may have as well. Is there > a link to a dropbox or download anywhere? I know someone that has > the disk set but finding a 5.25" drive is another story entirely. > > Thanks! Just hoping for an update has anyone found a source for either this software or someone that can provide the programming (even for a fee?) another OldBellHead Merry Christmas !!!!!! -- posted via http://forums.cabling-design.com/telecom/looking-for-at-t-coinsoft-software-telecom-86101-.htm using Cabling-Design's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to comp.dcom.telecom and other telecom groups ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 05 Dec 2018