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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kubikpixel</span></a></span> yeah, for that money they can propably bribe half the security team at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> and integrate custom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoors</span></a> or at least get the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> keys they have for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> compliance to enable automatic <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LawfulInterception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulInterception</span></a>"</em>...</p>
Duncan Bayne<p>Anyone here had any experiences, for better or worse, with Leaptel? </p><p>I'm looking at options for an Internet connection at our Scout hall. I've only ever had great customer service experiences with AussieBB, but have also had Leaptel recommended.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/nbn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nbn</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hoosier.social/@NefariousAryq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NefariousAryq</span></a></span> can't you <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>port</span></a> the number out?</p><ul><li>I guess the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> isn't as stringent and good at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> where one can easily file a form with the incoming <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> to just let them.do the transfer-in…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@quasigod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quasigod</span></a></span> there's a reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SimLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimLock</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetLock</span></a> died in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> over a decade ago.</p><ul><li>People don't like getting shafted - espechally on expensive devices.</li></ul><p>That being said even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a> providers don't lock their devices anymore but instead they just sell people devices at cost with a tiny margin and make their €€€ longterm bunding a free <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a> with every purchase.</p><ul><li>But yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a>|s are shit!</li></ul>
Kyle Memoir 🍉<p>Is Canada’s federal government aware Rogers is steadily building a database of Canadian SIN, passport and birth certificate numbers?</p><p>Is the gov’t okay with this? Do we have any idea how well-protected (or not) our most valuable private data is? </p><p>Even Equifax got hacked, big time. </p><p>Talking primary ID types that can be used to create secondary ID like DL’s, etc., also handy for permanent tracking/marketing/big data/AI analysis. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rogers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corporategroping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporategroping</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AmpereOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmpereOne</span></a>: Cores are the new megahertz, at least for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/enterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enterprise</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/servers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>servers</span></a>. We've gone quickly from 32, to 64, to 80, to 128, and now to 192-cores on a single <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> socket!<br>It has 192 custom <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arm</span></a> cores running at 3.2 Gigahertz, and in some benchmarks, it stays in the ring with AMD's fastest EPYC chip, the 9965 "Turin Dense" (which is also the fastest and most efficient:), which also has 192 cores.<br>This server isn't targeted at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPC</span></a> It's targeted at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> Edge deployments.<br><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/ampereone-cores-are-new-mhz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/amp</span><span class="invisible">ereone-cores-are-new-mhz</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lauwers<p>Let’s give this a shot.</p><p>I’m an experienced backend software dev, with significant experience in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a>, security and pharma industries. I do everything from setting up teams to writing code to architecting infrastructure, networks, cloud, setting up CI and Makefiles.</p><p>The languages I have most experience with in recent years are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golang</span></a>.</p><p>I typically work as a contractor, but I’m happy to look at other setups as well. I’m based in Denmark.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>getfedihired</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>Woman with intellectual disability who Optus allegedly signed up to 24 contracts just one of hundreds in lawsuit <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/17/woman-with-intellectual-disability-who-optus-allegedly-signed-up-to-24-contracts-just-one-of-hundreds-in-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">dec/17/woman-with-intellectual-disability-who-optus-allegedly-signed-up-to-24-contracts-just-one-of-hundreds-in-lawsuit</span></a> <br>ACCC alleges telco sold hundreds of vulnerable people phones and plans they couldn’t afford, mostly from three stores. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ACCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACCC</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>You want to have anonymous prepaid SIM cards because you want to prank people.</p><p>I want anonymous prepaid SIM cards because <em>KYC is the illicit activity</em> on something where fraud at the expense of the telco is impossible and because it's cyberfacist bs!</p><ul><li><em>We are not the same!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreNotTheSame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotTheSame</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberfacism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymous</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>And in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> it took a Natural Disaster with a <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochwasser_in_West-_und_Mitteleuropa_2021#Rheinland-Pfalz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">triple digit bodycount</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a> to be reactivated <em>per legal mandate</em> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> to remain online...</p><p>The fact that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM&amp;t=653s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Telstra was unable to say how many devices roamed their Network</a> should be seen as <em>criminal incompetence</em> cuz asking something like: <em>"How many foreign devices are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/roaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roaming</span></a> in your network?"</em> is a standard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAQ</span></a> I'd expect them to put into their public financial reports - even as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/footnote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>footnote</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> [i.e. total devices, total revenue, average Calls / SMS / data per roaming device] cuz that's standard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metrics</span></a> every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> does create anyway...</p>
Julius Kaiser<p>I remember seeing public IPv4 addresses from Xerox and the US DoD assigned to DTAG LTE SIMs internally in Germany (04/2020), probably because they ran out of RFC1918 space. Do you have other such examples? I would like to collect them. (boosts in the IP/ net admin bubble appreciated!)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ipv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ipv4</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/telekom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telekom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ipv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ipv6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cgnat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cgnat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rfc1918" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfc1918</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dtag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bgp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bgp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dfz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dfz</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> Well, they can be forced to if not face <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a>, at least take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a>.</p><ol><li><p>Violating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> laws got <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> to knock on their door.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DropKiwifarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropKiwifarms</span></a> worked as a unified effort</p></li><li><p>Customers yeeting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> did force them to yeet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KiwiFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiwiFarms</span></a>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> has been a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RogueISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogueISP</span></a> for over a decade now as they accept gross violations <em>of their own <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToS</span></a></em> and host <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Daesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daesh</span></a> propaganda sites...</p></li><li><p>Pretty shure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> will hold CloudFlare contempt and force them to either fire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> as client or get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blocked</span></a> as well...</p></li><li><p>CloudFlare will then yeet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitter</span></a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ApartheidEmeralBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidEmeralBoy</span></a> is known to bounce checks and refusing to pay on time, so he doesn't even make this something worth risking.</p></li><li><p>Cloudflare is and will always remain a shitty hoster - period! </p></li><li><p>I still block <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a>'s entire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASN</span></a> as a security measure since they shield <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cybercriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercriminals</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>Their entire <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> business is just a form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/racketeering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racketeering</span></a> that should not only not exist, but be illegal to begin with.</p></li><li><p>Every half-decent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hoster</span></a> offers <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> protevtion these days eithout ClownFlare.</p></li><li><p>ClownFlare doesn't even prevent DDoS attacks, but lets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteSpider</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi5sd3WEh0c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DDoS their customers</a>!</p></li></ol>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@Astromeg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Astromeg</span></a></span> I hope <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> enforces the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Effelsberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effelsberg</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpectrumRegulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpectrumRegulations</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> under threat of revoking their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> license!</p>
`Da Elf<p>Ok. This is just fun <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelCo</span></a> shit. </p><p>So I called someone who does not have me in their contacts, on their company line with a PBX somewhere in there I'm guessing. </p><p>From my handset itself ( not my SIPs or Signal or whatever ) "Elf" is going to show up on Caller ID.</p><p>It's a fun party trick and I'm me.</p><p>How do you do it? </p><p>You call your provider and have them change your Caller ID. It's that simple.</p><p>I will now await the avalanche of new IDs running about telephone land while y'all have fun.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@munin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>munin</span></a></span> <em>nodds in agreement</em>...</p><p>Kinda like how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> got a knock on their door by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> for having violated registration requirements as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a>.</p> <p>I mean, people who sell Apps to customers in the USA also have to file for that and in Germany it's mandatory per law to name a natural person representing the website and being liable for it's contents.</p><ul><li>Just because it is rarely found out and subsequently prosecuted doesn't mean it's not applying.</li></ul><p>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> firing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ContentModerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModerators</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> without proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/notice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notice</span></a> and mandatory <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/severance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>severance</span></a> is also currently in the courts, alongside refusal to process <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reports</span></a> in a timely manner...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Whichever shithead at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> thought it's a good idea to trick users into breaching their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToS</span></a> by reselling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> quotas should be forced to stay in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> until they can DIY an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offgrid</span></a> comms device without <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribing</span></a> or smuggling-in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/contraband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contraband</span></a>... </p><ul><li>This is <em>worse</em> than anything <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> ever did, because whilst they too demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> for which they have <em>no legitimate interest in</em>, at least they didn't offload <em>insecure at any scenario</em> SMS-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2FA</span></a> onto users' devices...</li></ul><p>Seriously, all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> messengers are garbage. but <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/telegram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>telegram</span></a></span> are just the worst that isn't a flatout front for cops like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k2irFpXrcI&amp;t=15s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5k2irFpXrc</span><span class="invisible">I&amp;t=15s</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@forceofhabit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forceofhabit</span></a></span> If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KT</span></a> or any other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> wanted money from me because their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customers</span></a> use my services, I'll instantly file a police report for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blackmailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackmailing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> and make shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> get a copy of all the communications.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> </p><p><em>pressing X for doubt</em> Good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> dictates to <em>never ever</em> rely on any provder to cover one's ass...</p><ul><li>So whether or not you have any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backdoors</span></a> or not is a moot argument because <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226175949/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">we all know you will comply with duely submitted warrants</a> like anyone else...</li></ul><p>I just think that you overstate your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> claims like all those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> companies do to bamboozle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> and I find that insulting to me personally, because I'd rather have honest providers like cock.li and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> that will <a href="https://docs.monocles.eu/services/mail.service/#stating_the_obvious" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">not lie into the face of customers</a>.</p><ul><li>Because at best that's stupid marketing attracting abusive &amp; [non[!!!] paying) customers that cause more trouble than they make up for in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> revenue and in some juristictions may be even a felony <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__140.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">i.e. encouraging or rewarding criminal activity</a>...</li></ul><p>But that's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a>... </p> <p>I just think that being <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">honest</a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> is way better long-term and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1thc5DSHwA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">more beneficial to one's personal</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a>, but that's just me as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiterate</span></a>. </p><ul><li>I'm shure as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCompany</span></a> (not traded publicly on exchanges !!!) you do have an obligation to maximize profit and share value for your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a> - <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> isn't that different in that regard compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></em> - so OFC that may not roll with your board of directors.</li></ul><p>It's just that <a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111347299882491508" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">previous blunders left a sour taste</a> as like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/postal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postal</span></a> service or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> what people communicate and with whom is <em>none of your business</em> unless you're forced to do so for <em>"legitimate reasons"</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> or to comply with duely submitted court orders...</p><ul><li>Otherwise we'll soon have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> forcing hard advertisement regulation on the entire industry with big ass disclaimers being tagged on because <em>someone made too outrageous claims re: privacy and security</em>...</li></ul>
Daniel AJ Sokolov<p>20 years ago, Austria introduced free access to E-Government websites from phone booths:<br><a href="https://heise.de/news/E-Government-gratis-in-oesterreichischen-Telefonzellen-121362.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/E-Government-gra</span><span class="invisible">tis-in-oesterreichischen-Telefonzellen-121362.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/egov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egov</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/phonebooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phonebooth</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telecommunications</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>AT&amp;T has begun notifying state authorities and regulators after millions of customer records posted online last month were found to be authentic.</p><p>Reports <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@TechCrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TechCrunch</span></a></span>: "In a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office, the U.S. telco giant said it sent out letters notifying more than 51 million people that their personal information was compromised in the data breach." </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/UrVxcc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/UrVxcc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
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