Posts with keyword: sms

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Voting at API Hack Day: A Kynetx App

Mon Oct 25 14:29:00 2010

Sam Curren and Brad Hitze were at API Hack Day yesterday. In a fit of meta hacking, Sam created a voting app that was, at the same time, an app competing in the hackathon and the app recording the votes for who won. The API Hack Day results we computed and communicated in real time using a twitter account from votes made via phone or SMS. Sam's app combined Twilio, Twitter, and a Google spreadsheet. Sam reports that a few people gamed it by provisioning and then dropping telephone numbers, but that's OK. It was still fun. Next time
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SMS Phishing Attack

Fri Feb 20 08:45:00 2009

Image by Chaddycakes via Flickr I received several texts this morning, allegedly from my bank that said: FRM: FARWESTBANK MSG: Urgent Far West Bank message AUTHORIZATION. To verify call TOOL FREE 8662249038. Being the curious sort, I called and played around with it. The system was an IVR that asked for credit card information (all of it). I recorded the call so you can listen too. Click here for the MP3 file. The places with low audio are me typing my responses. Of course, I didn't give it a real credit card number but I did give it a
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