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		fortran77 on July 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You can deactivate anyone's WhatsApp account by si... And some systems still don’t ask for pin if you are calling from your phone. So if you spoof their CID (very easy to do) you get in with no password

flangola7 on July 17, 2023 [–]

Wow that is terrible. Wouldn't that violate multiple data protection laws?

fortran77 on July 18, 2023 | | [–]

This was how most of those "royal family voicemail hacks" from a a decade ago were done...

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05hacking-t.html

actionfromafar on July 17, 2023 | | [–]

Ah maybe, maybe not … best effort blah blah cybercriminals something.

So you see, your honor, as a service provider, we did no wrong.

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