I like that in the middle of that, a wild "block-chain" appeared. Congrats to whichever consulting company managed to sell that bullshit to the government.
I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
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Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do not understand, serious risk of what?
He lives in India, and he's basically pentesting Indian government websites without permission and boasting about it publicly. They seem to have laws prohibiting that sort of thing: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A200...
More important than laws in India he is making the govt look bad. That can get you killed and there won't even be a headline about it
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do not understand, serious risk of what?
He lives in India, and he's basically pentesting Indian government websites without permission and boasting about it publicly. They seem to have laws prohibiting that sort of thing: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A200...
My sibling comment, that's how I've understood the situation to be for well over 20 years.
Don't downvote because of some current political situation you think he's commenting on.
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do not understand, serious risk of what?
He lives in India, and he's basically pentesting Indian government websites without permission and boasting about it publicly. They seem to have laws prohibiting that sort of thing: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A200...
he -> they
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
See also: mega churches in the US.
Sure, but i’m not sure indian government officials spamming evangelical christians will have much effect? Can this system even mass spam non-indian cell subscribers?
This is a perfect HN response. If you had cut it off after the first '?' it would not have been sufficiently deadpan. I find myself still, at this moment, questioning whether you're serious or not. Bravo.
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#36He should use this to tell everybody in India to stay hime, wear masks and stop going to mass worship ceremonies that are causing this devastating covid spike.
See also: mega churches in the US.
Do people come from all over to attend megachurches?
There are a bit over 1000 megachurches in the US. Around 50 have regular attendance over 10k, with the largest one averaging around 47k. (There are also 3000 Catholic parishes that have over 2k attendance to Sunday mass which would count as megachurches if the term didn't specifically only apply to Protestant churches).
The impression I've generally gotten is that most people attending a megachurch are from the general area that church is in. Close enough to drive to it every week. And that those who do travel a great distance to visit one do it independently and irregularly.
Compare to Kumbh Mala in India. That's held every 12 years and lasts about a month. Attendees travel from all over India to be there, with attendance of over 100 million over the month, and up to 40 million on the busiest day.
That should be a much more effective COVID spreader than all the US megachurches (and large Catholic parishes) combined, because so many people travel from all over the country to attend.
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#37> Essentially, anyone can’t send arbitrary messages using the above-mentioned loophole anymore. TRAI’s new system fixed that loophole. > One can still send any message that fits in the template. But this largely restricts the possibilities of scams and misuse. Seems to be fixed and that it was fixed during the time he did _nothing_ and just waited. Perhaps there was a responsible disclosure but he didn't said how he…
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Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
See also: mega churches in the US.
Do people come from all over to attend megachurches? There are a bit over 1000 megachurches in the US. Around 50 have regular attendance over 10k, with the largest one averaging around 47k. (There are also 3000 Catholic parishes that have over 2k attendance to Sunday mass which would count as megachurches if the term didn't specifically only apply to Protestant churches). The impression I've generally gotten is that…
Yeah but mega churches are also not the best
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
He lives in India, and he's basically pentesting Indian government websites without permission and boasting about it publicly. They seem to have laws prohibiting that sort of thing: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1999/3/A200...
My sibling comment, that's how I've understood the situation to be for well over 20 years. Don't downvote because of some current political situation you think he's commenting on.
Regardless of the current political situation, it's not worth commenting on. That's why you're getting downvoted.
Re: I could send any text message from Indian government IDs
#40Shared secret authentication is pretty much always a bad idea. I'm continually shocked people still use it.
So what is the better option according to you?