Jul 20, 2011
"First, I hacked my own voice mail. Then, when colleagues came around to see, several volunteered their phones, too. With a few clicks of a mouse, we accessed our mobile phone voice mails from a desktop computer. No password needed. No cellphone needed." Something so illegal, yet, apparently, so God-awfully easy. WNYC's John Keefe writes that if you've got your phone set such that it doesn't ask for your voicemail password when you check your mail from your number, you're vulnerable — because your number can be spoofed. — Nick Judd