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SS7 is vulnerable to attack. However, the types off attacks on the video don't affect Signal as it requires a pin. (Make sure you set your pin to something strong and secure)

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[-] pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago

Would GrapheneOS with default settings be immune since 2G is disabled and networks don't have 3G anymore?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

No as ss7 is still widely used for compatibility

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

It's 30 minutes. Anyone have a quick summary?

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 25 points 18 hours ago

when I read comments like these it makes me realize that maybe all the money flowing to OpenAI isn't folly and there really are people out there trying to tl;dr their own lives

[-] terminal@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 hours ago

If that guy is like me i prefer to digest text rather than video.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 7 hours ago

What feels alien to me is the idea that experiencing a creative work is itself a means to an end.

I prefer to digest text too, but still would choose to taste a meal than read a typed up printout of the flavors it contains.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

unfortunately, sometimes the chef likes to ascend from a golden staircase first to tell you about who they are and what the meal means to them, whilst passionately discussing their good friend's VPN company, before finally, dramatically, letting you actually sit down and eat.

It wasn't always like that. I remember when dishes were thrown fresh out of the kitchen without even a "heads up" call. Those were good meals.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 0 points 5 hours ago

Exactly! Why go to the first restaurant (video) at all if you don't like the experience? You're really going to wait outside the door of the first one asking the people leaving what the food tastes like? How is that better than the restaurant (videos) you do like?

I prefer to digest text too, but still would choose to taste a meal than read a typed up printout of the flavors it contains.

If I showed up at a restaurant and was presented with a menu that didn't describe anything about the dishes on offer, I'd be pretty disappointed.

Point being that we have limited time and a nearly limitless amount of options for how to spend it. Text summaries are a tool we can use to decide whether something is worth our time (and money) investment if we're on the fence about it.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

A menu is not a creative work it's a means to convey information. Veritasium is not reading wikipedia articles on screen, he's creating an original work.

Listen I am not criticizing how you choose to enjoy your time I just find the entire concept of finding the experience of reading a text summary to be more to be more rewarding than experiencing the thing itself to be alien.

[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You make it sound like an arthouse movie yet it is the extreme geeky opposite.

Or were you talking about AI summaries in general rather than this one?

[-] terminal@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

Im with this guy. Its a video about hacking a phone.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It's a creative work, you are talking about Veritasium as if it he's reading out a written a security bulletin on camera.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago

Can't do text skimming in a video.

[-] sazey@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I don't trust LLMs to do tldrs for me and it certainly doesn't provide a rich nuance or spark discussions like asking a human would do.

(I say that with 7 comments in the thread lol but you get my point I'm sure)

[-] hostops@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago

Mobile networks are awful and are very easy to spy on.

But the video is worth every minute.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago

I did watch it in the end after your recommendation, and it was interesting. Thanks!

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago

SS7 protocol for 2G and 3G is vulnerable to man in the middle attack, easy to spy on people with. They use a walled garden approach al the primary defence mechanism and you can gain access through in for the low low price of couple of thousands of USD.

Couple of exploits are intercepting or monitoring calls and texts and triangulating position by checking what cell towers are in range.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 hours ago

My rule of thumb that grimaces in the thumbnail mean the video is playing on emotions instead of facts (i.e. is crap) has another match.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 19 hours ago

I remember the analog days where a few keystrokes on an Ericson phone were all you needed to start listening to private conversations on the cell tower you were connected to.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Super Saiyan 7 is actually invincible.

[-] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

The hack is Super Saiyan God

[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

I've never had a cellular provider for this reason among others. Here is NBTV's video with some alternatives to directly having a SIM card, which I combine with MySudo to get phone numbers as well.

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

What's your experience with using mysudo/voip numbers in terms of services accepting them (e.g. Google)? And socially, can you do regular calls with these numbers? Any audio delays?

[-] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Silent.link is also worth considering. I think it also works for people in the EU.

this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2024
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