There’s a meme that every person has a U.S. government agent assigned to read their text messages. That’s not true. But government agencies, from the National Security Administration to local police departments, can potentially read the conversations on many text messaging applications. Fortunately, this is not always the case, and there are many ways you can protect your privacy.
Wasn’t there a recent article by 404media that the Chinese government has access to nearly all conversations on SS7 (the telephony protocol IINM)? There’s also an explanation on Veritasium’s channel about how it works and how insecure the protocol is. A French and German researcher explain and show how easy it is to take over someone’s number
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