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Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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SS7 is vulnerable to attack. However, the types off attacks on the video don't affect Signal as it requires a pin. (Make sure you set your pin to something strong and secure)

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[–] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I prefer to digest text too, but still would choose to taste a meal than read a typed up printout of the flavors it contains.

If I showed up at a restaurant and was presented with a menu that didn't describe anything about the dishes on offer, I'd be pretty disappointed.

Point being that we have limited time and a nearly limitless amount of options for how to spend it. Text summaries are a tool we can use to decide whether something is worth our time (and money) investment if we're on the fence about it.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A menu is not a creative work it's a means to convey information. Veritasium is not reading wikipedia articles on screen, he's creating an original work.

Listen I am not criticizing how you choose to enjoy your time I just find the entire concept of finding the experience of reading a text summary to be more to be more rewarding than experiencing the thing itself to be alien.