fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTwo men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UKwww.datacenterdynamics.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkTwo men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UKwww.datacenterdynamics.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareOrbitJunkie@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoHe installed a fake antenna? like a fake cellular radio tower? how is it possible that phones just randomly trust this antenna? they explain very little in the article.
minus-squarerbesfe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSI-catcher
minus-squareOrbitJunkie@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agolovely, and my phone won’t let me block 2G.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoShort answer: security through obscurity
He installed a fake antenna? like a fake cellular radio tower? how is it possible that phones just randomly trust this antenna? they explain very little in the article.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSI-catcher
lovely, and my phone won’t let me block 2G.
Short answer: security through obscurity