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Veritasiums: Exposing the flaw in our phone system.
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YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wVyu7NB7W6Y
Invidious link: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y
Sorry for the formatting... Tried to remove the URL for better readability, but there seems some kind of bug.
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TLDW
- hack phones remotely just knowing it's phone number
- Intercept 2FA sms
- Intercept phone calls
- Reroute phone calls
- Geolocation of a target
--- I dunno if it has already been posted/discussed here but this kinda blew my mind ! Sorry there's a lot of clickbait but the general subject is interesting...
I never heard of SS7 and have actually no idea how the whole phone system communication works but that's kinda scary...
Yes we are probably not the first target with this "hack" nor is it as easy as exposed in this video and nor do we have 14k $ to spend on this, but that's not out of reach for some people. I mean it's not as expensive as Pegasus and people with the mean and some good stable income can probably misuse this system for targeting specific vulnerable people (example in the video).
How do you feel about age verification on Porn sites?
There is a discussion on Hacker News [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38707809], but feel free to comment here as well.
> Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
I personally have mixed feelings, as the information collection could be used to link individuals and profile them. Possibly leading to discrimination if abused.
But I also feel that any random kid shouldn't be able to just go to these sites and see porn freely. \ Ofc, there's always going to be those who mange to circumvent any protection put in place but it'd be much harder then just clicking a link or typing in the address.
I also feel that parents should actively monitor their kids online activities and step up a Blocklist to pro-actively prevent kids from reaching these sites to begin with.
What are your thoughts on this?