The GSM consortium claims that the recent cloning was not actually cloning, that the SIM crack was not news, that it is ridiculous to claim that US intelligence deliberately crippled A5, and that customers should not be alarmed: http://jya.com/gsm042098.txt To assess this spin we offer extracts of a 1998 GSM System Security Study: http://jya.com/gsm061088.htm (44K + 3 images)