Day: April 26, 2021

A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16 – SMS forwarding is a real problem for 2fa

Posted on by Robin Edgar

I didn’t expect it to be that quick. While I was on a Google Hangouts call with a colleague, the hacker sent me screenshots of my Bumble and Postmates accounts, which he had broken into. Then he showed he had received texts that were meant for me that he had intercepted. Later he took over Read more about A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16 – SMS forwarding is a real problem for 2fa[…]

Internet Privacy in the Age of Surveillance – China, Russia, Nork vs USA + GB

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Pew Research Center reports that “91% of adults agree or strongly agree that consumers have lost control of how personal information is collected.” That incredibly-high statistic must describe victims under authoritarian governments like China, Russia, or North Korea, right? Wrong. That study was about US citizens. You know, the land of the free. 91% That’s Read more about Internet Privacy in the Age of Surveillance – China, Russia, Nork vs USA + GB[…]