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Wiretapping the Secret Service can be easy and fun | Bryan Seely | TEDxKirkland

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Wiretapping the Secret Service can be easy and fun | Bryan Seely | TEDxKirkland

Bryan Seely tells how he used fake Google Maps business listings to intercept phone calls meant for the Secret Service and FBI. He then turned himself in, and the talk explains the verification gaps that made it possible.

Referenced as a concrete example of how weak Google Maps listing verification enables phone fraud and impersonation.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2024

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