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Telephone Poll Poisoning via Mass Voice SIMs: Emerging Threats to Public Opinion Research
Written by Hajime Tsui (@hajimetwi3) - January 2026
Preprint
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18817302 - X Announcement:
https://x.com/hajimetwi3/status/2027868207642775924
Abstract (from the Preprint)
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While the use of SIM farms for social media manipulation and other influence operations
is a well-documented phenomenon, this paper examines a different angle: the potential
threat that mass-scale, voice-enabled SIM operations pose to traditional telephone-based
public opinion research.
keyword
Public Opinion Poll, Data Poisoning, SIM Farm, Cyber-Social Threat, Cybersecurity, Random Digit Dialing, Influence Operations, Cognitive Warfare, Survey Integrity
Author
Written by Hajime Tsui
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