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I think the people downvoting you are a little confused. Not only SMS but even direct phone calls can be intercepted and the owner would never be any the wiser, because the network for phones called SS7 and the access points, the "global titles", are so widespread around the globe that anybody and their grandmother can get one, imitate your Sim card's unique identifier "IMSI", and get your calls and texts routed to them. (If they have a spare $10,000 anyways)
This is why many communication options these days advertise that they are encrypted.
the people downvoting read the article and saw that the messages were sent from Signal
The article says they were later added to a Signal group chat. It doesn’t clearly state how the initial messages were sent. So yeah, maybe give it another read and level up that reading comprehension XP while you're at it, instead of casting stones making yourself look silly.
What initial messages?
Like Signal. You know, the app they were using, as was mentioned in the article, multiple times. You did read the article, right?
I know nothing about Signal, nor do I care to, but thank you for informing me.
The article states they were later invited to a signal group chat. It is not clear from the article how the first messages were sent.
Maybe read the article yourself.
Are you assuming there were any messages prior to the group chat?
I think this guy is trying to fight everybody on this thread
Yep. And anyone whose been to DEFCON knows a guy who knows a guy with SS7 access.