Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

https://lemmy.world/post/37366848

Of course t-mobile has the shittiest security.
It’s not the only one but I’m just stumped by incompetence here to the point where it almost feels like malice.
“Nobody’s going to notice. Who would listen in on satellite communication? Nobody would be able to afford the equipment.”
It wouldn’t surprise me if that was the case when the satellite equipment was originally installed. SDRs only became available fairly recently. Before that, you would either have to have the knowledge and ability to build your own equipment or have a lot of money.