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		yellow_lead on March 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His P... I would assume that a malicious CLEC on SS7 could easily intercept SMS or MMS messages like these .

ardy42 on March 30, 2019 [–]

If anyone else is curious about those acronyms, this is what I think they might mean:

CLEC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_local_exchange_car...

SS7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_System_No._7#Protoc...

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