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The Telecom Digest for Fri, 12 Nov 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 293 : "text" format

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Re: Does anyone remember the IMTS System?
I Was Hacked. The Spyware Used Against Me Makes Us All Vulnerable.
Re: Does anyone remember the IMTS System?
Re: I Was Hacked. The Spyware Used Against Me Makes Us All Vulnerable.
Empowering Our Veterans to Win Real Change

Message-ID: <2021111018344322202-nobody@example.com> Date: 10 Nov 2021 18:34:43 -0800 From: "Jay Hennigan" <nobody@example.com.invalid> Subject: Re: Does anyone remember the IMTS System? Organization: Disgruntled Postal Workers Against Gun Control On 2021-11-02 15:27:34 +0000, Marc SCHAEFER said: > Antenna Man <kenpda@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've been looking for a function generator app from which I can cut a >> ringtone or notification tone that has the alternating 1336 and 1800 >> Hz IMTS "disconnect" tones that the IMTS mobile would send out to the >> base when the mobile was 'hung up'. A second or two of it would play > > Simple generation: > > sox -V -r 48000 -n -b 16 -c 2 imts-disconnect.wav synth 30 sin 1336 > sin 1800 vol -10dB > > The file is on: > > https://login.alphanet.ch/~schaefer/tmp/imts-disconnect.wav > > You could then adapt the sox command line for your needs. Not quite. The tones alternate at 20 pulses per second, not simultaneous. 1336 for 50ms, then 1800 for 50 ms, then 1633 for 50 ms, etc. ***** Moderator's Note ***** I couldn't resist: I copied the "Organization" header into the text. Bill Horne Moderator
Message-ID: <20211110155526.CD901766@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:55:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: I Was Hacked. The Spyware Used Against Me Makes Us All Vulnerable. Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by Saudi Arabia. By Ben Hubbard BEIRUT, Lebanon - In Mexico, the government hacked the cellphones of journalists and activists. Saudi Arabia has broken into the phones of dissidents at home and abroad, sending some to prison. The ruler of Dubai hacked the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers. So perhaps I should not have been surprised when I learned recently that I, too, had been hacked. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/insider/hacking-nso-surveillance.html
Message-ID: <smjdsf$8kc$1@shakotay.alphanet.ch> Date: 11 Nov 2021 15:46:23 -0000 From: "Marc SCHAEFER" <schaefer@alphanet.ch> Subject: Re: Does anyone remember the IMTS System? Jay Hennigan <nobody@example.com.invalid> wrote: >> You could then adapt the sox command line for your needs. > > Not quite. The tones alternate at 20 pulses per second, not > simultaneously. 1336 for 50ms, then 1800 for 50 ms, then 1633 for 50 > ms, etc. Just once: sox -V -r 48000 -n -b 16 -c 2 imts-disconnect.wav \ synth .05 sine 1336 vol -10db \ : synth .05 sine 1800 vol -10db \ : synth .05 sine 1633 vol -10db
Message-ID: <20211111162252.34bfd7f9@ryz> Date: 11 Nov 2021 16:22:52 +0100 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: I Was Hacked. The Spyware Used Against Me Makes Us All Vulnerable. Am Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:55:26 +0000 (UTC) schrieb Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.remove-this.telecom-digest.org>: > BEIRUT, Lebanon - In Mexico, the government hacked the cellphones of > journalists and activists. Saudi Arabia has broken into the phones of > dissidents at home and abroad, sending some to prison. The ruler of > Dubai hacked the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers. It is not a secret that governments want security vulnerabilities in soft and hardware. The only way to stop that is not using proprietary software. Also, don't use cellphones at all, many of them have backdoors to use them as a wiretap.
Message-ID: <20211111232226.7ED41794@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:22:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Empowering Our Veterans to Win Real Change Thursday, November 11, 2021 Veterans Day statement from CWA President Chris Shelton This Veterans Day, I proudly salute the thousands of CWA member and retiree military veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. Our veterans are a source of strength for our union and the labor movement. Even through the difficulties of the last year and a half, our veterans have continued to step up as activists, organizers and leaders in our union and beyond to meet the challenges we have been faced with and ensure the progress of the working class. Since the launch of the CWA Veterans for Social Change program almost two years ago, CWA has been organizing a broad base of CWA activists who are veterans and active duty service members to build power and strengthen our union by advocating for issues that impact other veterans and working families. In addition to advocating for pro-worker legislation like the PRO Act, participating in community service and advocacy, standing up for Black lives, and organizing other veterans in their community, CWA veterans who have taken part in this program were instrumental in securing key wins for working people in the 2020 elections. https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/empowering-our-veterans-win-real-change

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