Re: Encryption is now illegal? (Re: U.S. Secret Service shuts down NYC cellular disruption network)

[David Conrad via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Sep 24, 2025, at 9:56 AM, Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
> > Upon actually reading the article, this looks overblown, typical of the current regime.
> >
> > Having a lot of SIM cards, a lot of phones, having phones in a
> > rack-mount form factor, and plugging SIM cards into things that are not
> > phones are not illegal.
> >
> > The fact that a cellphone network could be overloaded by a lot of phones
> > doesn't make it illegal to have a lot of phones. Even if it /does/
> > overload the cellphone network, AFAIK it's still not illegal unless that
> > was your intention.
>
> Yes, it's very overblown.
>
> The reports say these items were found inside of a "35 mile radius" of the
> UN. The total population inside that area is roughly 17 million people.
>
> 100k SIMs is a rounding error relative to the number of cellular network
> devices in that area.

Perhaps of interest:

https://cybersect.substack.com/p/that-secret-service-sim-farm-story

Regards,
-drc

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