Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.
Bump was an iOS and Android mobile app that enabled smartphone users to transfer contact information, photos and files between devices. In 2011, it was #8 on Apple's list of all-time most popular free iPhone apps, [1] and by February 2013 it had been downloaded 125 million times. [2]
A selection of mobile phones that can be cloned. Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile telephone cloning involves gaining access to the device's embedded file system /nvm/num directory via specialized software or placing a modified EEPROM into the target mobile telephone, allowing the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and/or Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID) of the mobile phone to be changed.
Google Contacts originated as the built-in contacts manager in Gmail, which was introduced in 2007. [4] It was later released as an Android app for Nexus devices in 2010, [5] before it became available for all Android phones in 2015. [6] A standalone web application was released the same year, featuring a revamped user interface. [7]
(Contact list syncs automatically with phonebook contacts) No Tencent QQ: No Threema: No Trillian: Yes Viber •Phone number (Contact list syncs automatically with phonebook contacts) Yes WeChat •Username •Phone number •Phonebook contacts scanning if enabled (sending friend requests are required) WhatsApp: No •Phone number
A direct-to-mobile gateway is a device that has built-in wireless GSM connectivity. It allows SMS text messages to be sent and/or received by email, from Web pages or from other software applications by acquiring a unique identifier from the mobile phone's Subscriber Identity Module, or "SIM card". Direct-to-mobile gateways are different from ...
A classic example of instant messaging on a desktop computer: the left window of this software showing a list of contacts ("buddy list") and the right window an active IM conversation An example of instant messaging on mobile, featuring the exchange of pictures and audio on top of text
Contacts is a computerized address book software included with the Apple operating systems iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and macOS. It includes various cloud synchronization capabilities and integrates with other Apple applications and features, including iMessage , FaceTime and the iCloud service (and previously its predecessor MobileMe ).