- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- technology@hexbear.net
00:00 I hacked Linus!
00:59 How Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak hacked the telephone network
02:22 Early history of the telephone
07:08 The kidnapping of Sheikha Latifa
08:41 How Signalling System No. 7 works
11:03 Why SS7 is vulnerable to hacking
12:15 How hackers gain access to phones
16:17 How I was able to spy on Linus’ phone
18:09 How hackers can intercept text messages
21:04 How your location can be tracked via SS7
29:03 How to protect your phone from hacking
Discord offers proper 2FA though.
I’m more referring to servers requiring the handover of phone numbers to join. That implementation is so fucking stupid.
great way of pressuring otherwise resistant people into giving it up
Yup. Shit needs to be illegal. Is there a GDPR angle to it?