Getting your text messages delivered to your PC or tablet sounds pretty convenient, until a hacker uses that text-forwarding feature to hijack your Gmail. This sequence of events recently happened to Lillian Smith, a prominent social media expert, who fought a valiant technological battle against a persistent foe.. Smith, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, describes the incident on her blog. Her experience began on June 20 with a text message from Verizon Wireless, which informed her that Integrated Messaging had been activated on her phone. This service forwards text and multimedia messages from a user's phone to that person's tablet or computer. The link for this article located at Tech News Daily is no longer available. . Smith, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, describes the incident on her blog. Her experience b. getting, messages, delivered, tablet, sounds, pretty, convenient, until, hacker. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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