Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat...
by Daniel_sk on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:19PM
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Most in EU do this or will do - it’s part of EU bank regulation (PSD2). SMS isn’t considered safe anymore and debit/credit card payments are confirmed through banking apps (you get a push and confirm).
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Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat...
by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:55AM
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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 infections happen much more regularly than sim copies.
Re:Android phones are sending significant amount of user dat...
by soylentnewsorg on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:49PM
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That'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-sugges...