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0 pointsmiohtama4y ago0 comments

No you are not correct. The whole underlying mobile phone network infrastructure is based on (failed) trust and is not secure. Though it is slowly being replaced.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/19/ss7-hack-...

https://www.firstpoint-mg.com/blog/ss7-attack-guide/

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rStar4y ago

replaced by a system which is similarly secure against all classes of attackers that anyone gives a crap about.

Forbo4y ago

Can you elaborate? I'd like to learn more about this. The only initiative I know about is STIR/SHAKEN.

miohtamaOP4y ago

I feel people who fled Hong Kong and Belarus care, so it would be rude to call it crap.

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