"and the protection used on fourth-generation, or 4G, smartphones."
This quote was particularly eye opening to me.
In the early 2000's I remember speaking to a Verizon engineer who said their encryption on CDMA was bulletproof. He went on to explain over the course of an hour how impossible it was to crack their encryption or even eavesdrop on their network.
"The security protocols with CDMA-IS-41 networks are among the best in the industry. By design, CDMA technology makes eavesdropping very difficult, whether intentional or accidental. Unique to CDMA systems, is the 42-bit PN(Pseudo-Random Noise) Sequence called “Long Code” to scramble voice and data. On the forward link (network tomobile), data is scrambled at a rate of 19.2 Kilo symbols per second (Ksps) and on the reverse link, data is scrambled ata rate of 1.2288 Mega chips per second (Mcps). CDMA network security protocols rely on a 64-bit authentication key(A-Key) and the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of the mobile"
This quote was particularly eye opening to me.
In the early 2000's I remember speaking to a Verizon engineer who said their encryption on CDMA was bulletproof. He went on to explain over the course of an hour how impossible it was to crack their encryption or even eavesdrop on their network.
See page 34 here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22599374/Security-Encryption-in-GS...
"The security protocols with CDMA-IS-41 networks are among the best in the industry. By design, CDMA technology makes eavesdropping very difficult, whether intentional or accidental. Unique to CDMA systems, is the 42-bit PN(Pseudo-Random Noise) Sequence called “Long Code” to scramble voice and data. On the forward link (network tomobile), data is scrambled at a rate of 19.2 Kilo symbols per second (Ksps) and on the reverse link, data is scrambled ata rate of 1.2288 Mega chips per second (Mcps). CDMA network security protocols rely on a 64-bit authentication key(A-Key) and the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) of the mobile"