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In Germany there is a "WhatsApp" SIM [1], where you have to pay for normal internet use, but WhatsApp texts are free of charge. With a technique which you desc
by super256 4y ago
In Germany there is a "WhatsApp" SIM [1], where you have to pay for normal internet use, but WhatsApp texts are free of charge.
With a technique which you described, you could probably abuse a phone with this SIM as a "free" hot spot with infinite data.
[1] https://www.whatsappsim.de/ https://www.whatsappsim.de/
- 867-5309 4y agoI'm pretty sure there was something, within the last year or so, on HN front page which used [exploit/protocol/hack] to browse wikipedia over [SMS/tweet/etc.], or similar
- Firmwarrior 4y agoA lot of paid Wi-Fi hotspots allow DNS traffic through unmolested, that's a similar loophole
- cph123 4y agoMaybe one could use something like this https://github.com/yarrick/iodine https://github.com/yarrick/iodine
- account42 4y ago> Guthabenaufladung mind. 5 € alle 6 Monate zur Verlängerung des Aktivitätszeitfensters. So it costs at least 83 cents per month. Still might be worth it compared to the insane mobile data charges here if you can get a usable bandwidth. I suspect in practice they will just ban you if you abuse it like that.