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by geekfactor 3746 days ago
Just ran into this the other day. A popular ride sharing app has a huge security hole wherein if you get a recycled mobile number you can easily gain access to the account details of the previous owner of the number and run up a bill on their credit card.
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About 2 years ago I got a new number and I started receiving facebook notifications from the previous owner as SMS with autologin links in them.