{"id":3726,"date":"2011-07-20T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:04","slug":"the-dangers-of-used-cell-phone-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/the-dangers-of-used-cell-phone-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers of Used Cell Phone Hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phone-hacking.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1503\" title=\"Phone hacking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phone-hacking.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1503 lazyload\" title=\"Phone hacking\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Phone-hacking.gif\"><\/a>Users of new and old cell phones are in danger of having their accounts broken into by hackers.&nbsp; Cell phone hacking has been at the top of the new for the last few weeks thanks to the scandal currently enfolding Rupert Murdoch\u2019s News Corp, but anyone can have their phone broken into by anyone else, according to experts.<br>\nPIN codes are used to allow subscribers to wireless providers, including the likes of Verizon, to access their messages yet many providers do not, meaning that hackers could easily be accessing other people\u2019s private information.<br>\nSuch details could lead to dangerous consequences in the real world, according to crime analyst Ken Jefferson.&nbsp; \u201cA person getting to know you by listening to your voicemail, who you talk to, where you meet people,\u201d Jefferson warns.<br>\nID spoofing services are also used by some hackers, as such services allow them to pretend to be calling from the user\u2019s number even though they are actually not, another way that a hacker can access someone else\u2019s voicemail.<br>\n\u201cYou can call SpoofCard and have them call someone else that you don\u2019t want to see your ID,\u201d says Dr Walter Eaton, a professor in information security who works at Florida State College in Jacksonville.<br>\nUsing a security code of no less than four digits to keep the phone secure is the best defense, according to experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users of new and old cell phones are in danger of having their accounts broken into by hackers. 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