Text Messages and Hackers

Not many people know exactly what happens when they send a text message or make a call from their cell phone. The behind the scenes of telephony can seem complex and headache inducing but there are some things you should probably know about it. One of these things you should be made aware of is a set of signaling protocols developed in 1975 cleverly named the Signaling System Number 7, or SS7.

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