GSM & A5

[Ian BROWN]

>There is simply no point in complaining that the inherent features of the
>technology are what they are. They will not change.

Au contraire: they could have quite easily been designed to provide better 
location privacy using micropayments and various other cryptographic methods 
(back on topic!). How unfortunate that government pressure on standards 
bodies such as ETSI continues to lead to poor communcations and location 
privacy.