Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System
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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

  • Eiri@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    I used to wonder why we were in such a hurry to phase out 3G networks entirely.

    Now I know.

    • lazylion_ca@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      One of the reasons. Another is bandwidth efficiency. You can service a lot more devices with higher speeds and less errors using newer higher modulation schemes.