Yet another horrific hack (depending on your view) has been demonstrated at the Black Hat conference in DC. Apparently two guys named David Hulton and Steve Muller are able to crack cell phone encryption used on (GSM) cellular signals (AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile use).

For around $900 in equipment and a little bit of time you can decode a conversation. The method that Hulton and Muller use to decode a conversation will be made public at no cost. Now anyone with a some cash can purchase the equipment and start spying on you! There will be a “premium” version as well for 1/2 million dollars that decrypts in around 30 seconds.

According to Hulton and Muller they aren’t creating technology that does interception but only “crunches” data…

I’m a fan of new emerging technology and hacks, but this sounds like an invasion of privacy to me.