fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTwo men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UKwww.datacenterdynamics.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down18
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkTwo men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UKwww.datacenterdynamics.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareOrbitJunkie@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·6 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-up11·6 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSI-catcher
minus-squareOrbitJunkie@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agolovely, and my phone won’t let me block 2G.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 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