alt Hacker News> The attack is remote, needs only the victim's number, and shows them nothing.
err, how can I send an SMS like this? Would a mobile network even accept/forward such an SMS?
Little hard reading through the vibe slop here
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rustyhancock • today at 9:09 AM
Looks like the website offers an APK.
But not all SMS are text messages for the user.
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They do accept/forward messages without checking if they are special carrier-only ones. ~10 years ago I had some fun sending a "voicemail received" message to people, which caused android phones to display a notification which couldn't ever be dismissed. IIRC it only worked on HTC phones and required root/xposed. SS7 in general is built with total trust in connected systems.