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You can force a phone into 2G handshaking, that's how stingrays work.
by Scipio_Afri 8y ago
You can force a phone into 2G handshaking, that's how stingrays work.
- masonic 8y agoOkay, thanks for the explanation. Meanwhile, setting my Samsung Galaxy S9 to no-2G gives me a warning message that cannot be dismissed: "This setting turns off 2G service. If 2G service is off, some app..." (the remainder can't be viewed).
- acct1771 8y agoRotate.
- auiya 8y ago> (the remainder can't be viewed). Sounds like terrific UI design
- giancarlostoro 8y agoAlso like their QA team is slacking, if they have one.
- vorpalhex 8y ago> if they have one I believe they have a single QA person who is paid minimum wage and whose desk is in a broom closet somewhere, judging from my own experiences...
- giancarlostoro 8y agoSadly just because you have a QA department doesn't mean much. Your investment is only as good as the people you invest in (at least in this case). "Oh I sit around all day using a phone?"
- paulie_a 8y agoSamsung takes something that works. Then goes out of their way to make it worse.
- masonic 8y agoEspecially given that you can't even expand the message to read all of its intended contents. Maybe it saves a few milliseconds of battery life every charge.
- coretx 8y agoI could imagine that they'll eventually receive a firmware update allowing them to have conduct more modern modes of operation. That said, given that the target network also has 2G besides 3g; it can be configured in a "compatible" mode; one that can and is being exploited in the wild. 3g only networks are not suceptible to that particular type of attack. However, a similair scenario also exists for 3g/4g networks. TL;DR Locking your baseband to the most modern technology decreases the odds for being intercepted/stung but certainly does not guarantee any safety.