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Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 years ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Im likely mixing metaphors, but the general gist is that reading an article is like eating a good cheap meal, whilst seeing a whole youtube video is like being treated to tiny portions at a fancy restaurant

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[–] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

I see, I wasn't comparing an article to a video, I was comparing a video to a text summary of the same video.

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