Reddit Security Incident

Re:Reddit Security Incident by danbtl on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:23PM (#17664646)

How does SMS interception actually work in practice? Wouldn't this require physical access to the phone/SIM, or are there any known remote exploits?

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Re:Reddit Security Incident by tptacek on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @01:25PM (#17664669)

How about "teenager calls phone company, gets number reassigned"? That's the level of assurance we're dealing with in SMS.

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Re:Reddit Security Incident by srj on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @02:28PM (#17665434)

I was able to go into a mobile phone store and ask for a new sim for phone number x and get it without any identification. All I was asked was to sign my name and pay some small amount of money.

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