Stupid (and possibly illegal) stuff you can do with sms, but probably shouldn’t

A presentation at FullStack Fest in September 2018 in Barcelona, Spain by Aaron Bassett

STUPID (AND POSSIBLY ILLEGAL) STUFF YOU CAN DO WITH SMS, BUT PROBABLY SHOULDN’T @aaronbassett

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This is a 5 minute ⚡Talk

Some of the scarier things you can do with the most ubiquitous of messaging systems, SMS. Impersonate anyone, take over the screen, change data on a recipient’s device, even send silent tracking messages. All things you can easily do with no more than a couple of lines of code, but probably shouldn’t. No really, please don’t.

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