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Does Signal (the company) keep or ever have mobile phone numbers in plaintext (on any form of server-side storage)?
I searched the web and couldn’t find an official statement/documentation/answer/code/etc to objectively answer this questio… Continue reading Does Signal store mobile phone numbers server-side in plain text?
My friend endorsed his payroll check to me and I used mobile deposit to deposit it into my Chase bank account. (Used to have PNC account and have never had an issue doing this)
The check cleared my account but Chase put a restriction on my… Continue reading How can I make my phone number verifiable by Chase Bank? [migrated]
Over the past decade or so, smartphones have exploded in popularity and seamlessly integrated themselves into nearly every aspect of most people’s lives. Although that comes with a few downsides …read more Continue reading Open-Source Cell Phone Based on ESP32
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I have several old smart mobile phones that are not going to be used anymore, most of them have run out of battery and I cant remember whether I have any sensitive data on them. How should I deal with them safely? Should I try to break the… Continue reading How to deal with unused smart phones safely [duplicate]
If a virtual number is only used to send and recieve messages, is it possible for somebody who know the number to trace it back to its service provider and somehow seize the number? (perhaps buying the number with a big price)
Does that ma… Continue reading Is it possible to trace a virtual number back to its service provider? [duplicate]
I have been getting random SOS countdowns triggered on my phone. Every time this happens, a pop-up appears telling me that unknown numbers have been temporarily unblocked. The most recent instance was immediately followed by a call from a … Continue reading Is Android SOS being used as privilege escalation or settings bypass?
If you didn’t live in France in the 80s or 90s, it’s likely you missed out on one of the most successful computer networks in existence prior to the modern …read more Continue reading Bringing Back the Minitel
I got a call from kuroneko transport company sent an automated message in Japanese and Chinese- I didn’t catch a word of the message- it started talking as soon as I answered and then hung up after one minute. It seems pointless to even ha… Continue reading Why spoof a phone number and then just send an automated message?
Let’s say X is a malicious person.
Let’s say I have a gmail account with a recovery phone and with 2fa
enabled. Let’s say X knows the username but not the password. X doesn’t have any other information or factors.
I’m pretty sure that X… Continue reading Can a bad guy ever get access to my gmail account using ONLY the 2fa app or ONLY the recovery phone (plus username)?