Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland

The Wiki Man: Anyone can be a phone hacker

To play this joke, you need a friend who’s flying abroad.

issue 29 January 2011

To play this joke, you need a friend who’s flying abroad.

To play this joke, you need a friend who’s flying abroad. Just log on to any website that allows you to send anonymous texts and, while the friend is in mid-flight, send an SMS to his phone (let’s assume he is landing in Cape Town) along the following lines: ‘Vodacom international roaming service welcomes you to South Africa.

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