The mobile company I'm with slapped an extra £6.50 on my bill last month because I went over my data total. I really appreciated that, especially as I turned off my data when the company text me to say I was running out.
I mean, to be honest, it didn't make much sense to me either, but like your employee on the phone said, I just 'had to pay it', didn't I? It was all my fault, wasn't it? In spite of the fact I turned off my data, so I don't see how it could have happened. It's not like you purposely want people to go over data so that you can make additional money, is it?
You know what, I wish I was more like Jacob Ajit, a 17-year-old hacker who managed to get free data on his T-Mobile contract.
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The lad made the discovery while playing around on a T-Mobile pre-paid SIM on a spare phone with no active service. Despite not having an active service, the phone was still able to connect to the network so he could renew the pre-paid phone plan.
However, he noticed that his phone's connection testing Speedtest app still worked, meaning he was able to access media sent from any folder labelled '/speedtest'.
To test his theory, he set up his own '/speedtest' folder and filled it with media, which he was able to access. He then created a proxy server as a gateway to allow users to access any site.
This loophole is probably due to T-Mobile viewing the app as trustworthy.
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Although Jacob has since reached out to T-Mobile to tell them about the loophole, they're yet to get back to him, meaning that it's still open for now.
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