A research paper being presented this week at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference reveals that satellite internet services, including T-Mobile's, used unencrypted transmissions that could be intercepted with about $800 worth of gear.

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As first reported in Wired , research from scientists at the University of Maryland and the University of California, San Diego, found that users' calls and texts, as well as potentially sensitive data from military and corporate transmissions, could be accessed. (The full PDF research paper, titled "Don't Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites," can be found online .)

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