Your phone is not as secure as you think.

A huge thank you to Linus Sebastian and the team at Linus Tech Tips - check them out at @LinusTechTips A massive thank you to Alexandre De Oliveira and Karsten Nohl (aka @hackingmatters) for making this demo possible. Karsten has made a great follow-up video on the subject, which you can watch here:

32 min - Science & Tech - Veritasium

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