Early entry for 2006 Press Plagiarist of the Year award?
Personal voicemails that can become all too public - Britain - Times Online
Mobile phone companies are well aware how vulnerable their voicemail messages are to eavesdropping. This is how easily it can be done:
Call a mobile phone when the user is unobtainable
When the voicemail message begins, dial the user’s four-digit security code (for O2 phones dial * then the four figures).
Many users never choose a security code and it is left as a factory setting, typically something obvious such as 1234.
Guido was aware that for years it was easy to tap into the voicemails of one mobile phone network's customers - when you got put through to their voicemail you just pressed * and typed the default last 4 digits of their phone number as the pin code. Most people never changed the pin number.
..A commenter added ....default PIN codes on their mobiles,
02 = 8705
Orange = 1111
T-Mobile = 1210
Virgin = 7890
Vodafone = 3333
One for Guy Fawkes - 2006 Press Plagiarist of the Year Award?
Comments
Shows how little you really know. The default on most mobile networks tends to be that you cannot access voicemeil remotely - unless you've set up a personalised pin.
The default codes don't work and you get a message along the lines of "it is not possible to access your voiemail remotely until you have set up a personalised PIN number. Please access your voicemail settings to set this up'.
Jaundiced views are fine - so long as they're accurate.
Posted by: Pocket picker | August 11, 2006 3:03 PM