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Feels good that since I use LineageOS, I can disallow cell providers from blocking me if I tether.
by JTbane 7y ago
Feels good that since I use LineageOS, I can disallow cell providers from blocking me if I tether.
- tinus_hn 7y agoThe provider can see all your traffic. It’s not hard to tell the traffic isn’t coming from a phone, even if you try to be clever.
- wwright 7y agoHow much would something like Wireguard mitigate this?
- simcop2387 7y agoJust about entirely. They could block the VPN or try to say that it's got to be teathered but it's much more difficult for them to say that or back without causing serious issues for customers.
- microcolonel 7y agoAll the traffic would be tunneled, so unless they're using heuristics or ML to determine "phoney" and "desktop/laptopy" timing in the packets, they can't really tell what's going on.
- tinus_hn 7y agoWho knows? It’s still obvious if you look at the traffic patterns, a VPN can’t hide that. But as long as you stay under the radar they might never know. Or you might be booted and blacklisted from the network.
- lone_haxx0r 7y agoIt's not hard to tell, but it's hard to prove. "Hey, your service doesn't work even though I'm sending those packets from my phone. Give me my money back".
- eridius 7y agoThey don't really need to prove it though. You've got a contract with them, and they have reasonable evidence that you're doing something disallowed which would be a defense against claims that they're breaking the contract.
- gargravarr 7y agoAgreed with the comment below, the ball is firmly in your mobile provider's court. The contract will almost certainly state that service can be withdrawn at any time on their sole discretion for any suspected breaches; if you're tethering on a contract that doesn't allow it, they're well within their rights (which you've agreed to by accepting the contract) to block your service until you comply or close your account completely. You have no recourse in this situation according to their T&Cs. They don't need to prove it and they have no obligation to give you your money back, either. Be careful.
- tinus_hn 7y agoThey don’t have to prove it. If they detect it you are a customer they don’t want so they can just tell you to take it or leave it.