The UK government plans to introduce legislation that will allow the police to track every phone call, email, text message and website visit made by the public. The information will include who is contacting whom, when and where and which websites are visited, but not the content of the conversations or messages. Every communications provider [...]

GSM communications use a proprietary encryption algorithm known as A5. A5 is known to be ineffective, it has been heavily crippled due to various export controls enforced by NATO and the United States. As a direct result, secure GSM communication without third party encryption is impossible, and anyone with a well-equipped notebook computer / antenna [...]