On: The insecurity of telecom stacks in the wake of Salt Typhoon

[thephyber]

Do you believe this statement refutes my claim that SS7 was badly designed?

[DrillShopper → thephyber]

Yes, given the SS7 design started in the 1970s when telecommunications was either the purview of a government agency or a state granted monopoly (depending on where you were in the world. in which case it is perfectly rational to assume that your counterparties are trusted.