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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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

submitted 1 month 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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[–] Corgana@startrek.website 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.