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🚨Telecommunications is unsafe, and it's time for a fix! The Salt Typhoon breach of the US mobile infrastructure from last year is a reminder of how fragile the system is. Let’s explore how 3NUM’s new Bourbon Protocol can revolutionize mobile communication. 🧵👇

2/ The Internet was designed to be resilient—even if part of the network goes down, communication can continue. Yet, mobile communications (SMS & voice calls) are still using outdated systems that don't leverage the Internet like most other services today. 🤔

3/ Here's the problem: Privacy and security depend on mobile carriers. When a mobile carrier has an outage, every customer is cut off from the world. You can’t text or make calls, leaving you stranded. When carriers have a breach your private conversations are exposed. 📵💥

4/ Why is mobile still stuck? It’s all about the SIM card. Your SIM tells the network tower that you’re a paying customer. For data, the SIM grants you access to the Internet. For voice and SMS, it still uses the insecure and outdated SS7 protocol. 😱 #SIMSwap #SS7

6/ In the Salt Typhoon breach, Chinese hackers “gained access to U.S. telecommunications networks in a sweeping cybersecurity breach and were able to use their positioning to geolocate millions of individuals and record phone calls at will” www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

7/ Imagine being in an emergency, having access to the Internet via something like Starlink, but unable to make calls or send texts because your carrier’s system can’t authenticate your SIM. This is why we need a better, decentralized system. 🚀🌐

8/ With 5G and eSIM technology, we're already seeing more data-only scenarios. Think of your SIM as a wallet that transfers “money” (access) to the tower in exchange for service. But that wallet can fail, leaving you without communication when you need it most. 💸📲