Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone System" video.

  1. TLDR or summary: 1. Everyone has something to hide, and if you truly don't, it doesn't mean others don't have a right to privacy. I'll just add that if you think you have nothing to hide, you are more than likely wrong; 2. There's nothing that can be done about location hacking right now because this is fully dependent on the telecom infrastructure side, just remember this is about a very specific type of attack that not everyone has access to. Derek make it look kinda easy, and to a point it really is doable - but not everyone has easy access to experts like that; 3. Stop using SMS, particularly 2 factor authentication with SMS. This is an old advice already, but if you are hearing it only now, do whatever you can to use an alternative 2 factor method. Another thing important to note about the piece though - security and privacy are not a black and white thing, like you either have it or you don't. Whatever steps you are able to take to protect yourself lowers your chances of getting hacked, targeted or spied upon. The game here is about lowering your chances, not imagining you'll be able to be 100% secure or 100% private, because you won't. And for everyone, what you need to be aware is of your threat model - how you can be targeted. Not everyone will be as targeted as an escaping Arab princess or Linus, it's a better use of your time and money to protect yourself from the types of attacks, hacks and dangers that you find likely to happen to you, rather than waste time and money trying to cover yourself from scenarios that are unlikely to happen to you. And focus more on stuff you can already do, rather than wasting time with long term plans you're not sure you'll ever get to. For instance, sometimes it's just better to block your kid from downloading random stuff on their cellphones than pay for a VPN plan or spend tons of time trying to harden security of your devices. It also doesn't matter much if you start using all sorts of super secure apps and services if you will still click on links without checking first what it is. Using big passwords with random numbers and words is worth nothing if you share it with someone else who won't bother storing it somewhere safe. All of this is why I also recommend together with measures for security and privacy - have a plan B. If your computer, phone, or whatever gets hacked, data stolen or erased, account stolen or erased, etc... have a plan B. Go through it. Talk with family members and friends how to identify that such as thing is happening, and what they should do.
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