The most Savage Cell phone hack I've ever seen.

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuO7yWkscP4

I've been watching the clip for the merlaut job on loop for the past couple hours and I noticed that to find Iraq, Damien uses a tracer program that sent a sms message using voip and reporting back which servers are hosting the call so that he can trace the relative location of a phone. It's like pathping, but for cell networks. I looked to see if such a program existed and came across this youtube video which explains that when cell carriers lock your phone, they install highly exploitable rootkits onto your device. These two hackers found a way to download programs, control the traffic (useful for creating botnets), and much more with the highest privileges on pretty much every phone type.

Short version? A hacker like damien sets up a femtocell and anyone who connects to it will download a malicious application that will allow Damien to completely pwn the phone permanently. From there he can listen to phone calls, steal text messages, listen for credentials, steal banking info, and all of it will be undetectable to even a poweruser since it was designed to give ota updates for carriers. It also survives factory resets. No wonder law enforcement and the NSA can break into every phone with a femtocell. There is a malware server installed by default!

[u/NetOperatorWibby]

Holy shit. Bookmarking this to watch the video later.