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From: Pd on 11 Jul 2010 10:13 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > I vaguely recall from my time at Vodafone that an SMS can contain > control codes. This sounds intriguing, and potentially insecure? -- Pd
From: Chris Ridd on 11 Jul 2010 15:06 On 2010-07-11 15:13:16 +0100, Pd said: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I vaguely recall from my time at Vodafone that an SMS can contain >> control codes. > > This sounds intriguing, and potentially insecure? It was one of the security problems with early iPhones, IIRC. If you send enough carefully crafted SMS messages at one, you ... well I can't remember what exactly, but it was helpful for bad guys. -- Chris
From: zoara on 12 Jul 2010 04:27
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I vaguely recall from my time at Vodafone that an SMS can contain >> control codes. > > This sounds intriguing, and potentially insecure? Yes to both. I don't think the control codes are executable, though. Just a "here, have this known-standard unlock authorisation", to which any phone that understands the control code responds by doing the procedure that performs the unlock. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |