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Wait, but smartphones are less safe than SMS. The attack surface of SMS is your surrounding, the attack surface of a smartphone is entire world, and virus infec
by GoblinSlayer 5y ago
Wait, but smartphones are less safe than SMS. The attack surface of SMS is your surrounding, the attack surface of a smartphone is entire world, and virus infections happen much more regularly than sim copies.
- soylentnewsorg 5y agoThat's not the issue though. I can log in to my cell account and see the content of every sms i send and receive. an app establishes an encrypted connection between your phone and the bank. sms is open to the public. in addition, you don't need to copy a sim. you can copy a cell tower. which the authorities do all the time, without any warrants, and capture data en-masse. The fake cell tower fits in a backpack. But it's not just the cops capturing your cell data. It's anyone, they've been doing it for over a decade, and it's cheap and easily accessible. https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv7zn9/surprise-scans-suggest-hackers-put-imsi-catchers-all-over-defcon https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv7zn9/surprise-scans-sugges...