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by samdcbu 1357 days ago
The irony of SIM cards being a cryptographically strong smart card and then carriers let their employees give out replacement SIMs left and right. Ah, humans.

fun fact: SIM cards can run applets based on Java. That’s how mobile payments are able to work in developing nations. I think there was a DEFCON talk about it a few years ago.