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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

FCC scrapping telecom security regs: https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-cybersecurity-telecommunications-carriers-brendan-carr-eliminate-rules/804259/

This is pure insanity, and will make us much less safe. Salt Typhoon, you might recall, was a recent direct attack on US telecom infrastructure, probably by China, and probably exploiting "lawful access" wiretapping interfaces.

I testified on this in Congress earlier this year: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Blaze-Written-Testimony.pdf