Sprint Hacking, and accidental personal data disclosure
This post was published 3 years 4 months 15 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.We al know as companies grow larger and larger, built in consumer protections begin to get diluted. This is espically true with the dreaded cellphone carrier. By dialling a certain phone number from any phone, and punching in the phone number of any sprint subscriber, Sprint will read the name and street address of the subscriber. It also can read back the names of people who might share the same address.
For the hacks
1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
SPRINT: Hi, welcome to sprint's international call identity verification service
For english, say 'english'
SPRINT: To verify your identity, we will ask you some questions:
What is the phone number you want to set up international calls on.
ME: 408-xxx-xxxx
SPRINT: Is the person on the account "STEVE PARKINSON", of [house number and street name]
ME: YES (STRIKE 1)
SPRINT: Good, let me fetch your security questions....
First question:
Which of the following addresses are also associated with the account holder
1) random address one
2) random address two
3) [my current address, as just read to me above]
4) none of the above
ME: THREE
SPRINT: Correct
Second question:
Which of the following people also have lived with you at the same address:
1) random person one
2) STEVE PARKINSON
3) random person two
4) none of the above
ME: TWO [Hmm - I have a separate account with sprint, but looks like they'd be
willing to give information on my roommate? STRIKE 2!]
SPRINT: Yes. Which county do you live in:
1) San Diego
2) Santa Clara
3) Tulane
4) none of the above
ME: TWO [STRIKE 3]
SPRINT: Yes. Your account can now make international calls.
Well, might as well hack them back!
Sprints commercials talk about sticking it to the man, well guess who
this sticksYou can get UNLIMITED Sprint in and out minutes by doing the following:
Step 1 Go to www.voicestick.com and sign up for the USA/Canada plan @
$19.99 or the UNLIMITED Min. GLOBAL plan @ $24.99 or the per min plan @
2.4 centsStep #2 Sign up for the cheapest Sprint phone program, which is the Fair
and Flexible at $29.99, then add the new Sprint to Home program for $5.00
a month.Step #3 When you tell the Sprint agent your “HOME� number give them your
new Voicestick home number
(Here is the trick. With Sprint to Home all calls to or from this “Home”
number are not
chargeable and they are unlimited!)Step #4 In your account set up at voicestick.com go to the bridge set up
and put in your cell number and then go to call forwarding and set up
your cell phone number there too.Voicestick.com is the ONLY Cellular capable voip company that has a built
in bridge, that I have found.What the bridge does is allow you to get a
new dial tone to call out on UNLIMITED VOIP (or a pay as you go plan for
2 cents a min.) When I call my new “home” Voicestick number the VOIP
company sees my caller ID and gives me a dial out tone. I then dial like
normal. (You can even program voice stick into the address book of the
phone)My person I call sees the voip number on their caller id and when
they call back to my new “home” number it forwards to my cell.So both out going and incoming calls are now free of Sprint charges.
Options: I also bought for $30 the MG3 line adapter so I also get a
second line at my home that the kids now use.
I also downloaded the free Soft Phone so I use that too when I can’t find
a good cell signal but I find a network or wireless connection (I am now
covered just about anywhere)To sum it all up! For my $35 basic Sprint plan and the $20 for voip, I
have unlimited cell and a unlimited home phone.
alright…. so rösta rött i höst :D som kärleken är (röd) glöm inte att rösta i höst ;)
There had to be another reason why Sprint sucked so bad.