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"Apple, Google, and Samsung should allow users to choose to switch 2G off in order to better protect ourselves. Ideally, smartphone OS makers would block 2G by
by gigama 6y ago
"Apple, Google, and Samsung should allow users to choose to switch 2G off in order to better protect ourselves. Ideally, smartphone OS makers would block 2G by default and allow users to turn it back on if they need it for connectivity in a remote area. Either way, with this simple action, Apple, Google, and Samsung could protect millions of their users from the worst harms of cell-site simulators."
Yeah, how about it Apple, Google, Samsung? Why do you allow this known backdoor into your customers communication channels? Allowing 2G downgrades is like reverting back to using TLS 1.0 or SHA1. It's 2020. Users should be able to disable 2G just like these other weak protocols.
- DrScump 6y agoI don't understand. My Samsung Galaxy series phones (GS9+, GS8, GS7s) all allow 2G data to be disabled in the Mobile Networks menu. You can choose LTE/3G/2G auto-stepdown or any subset thereof. I set all my phones to LTE/3G only as soon as this exploit was identified. The notification screen gives you a warning about 2G being 9ff that can't be cleared, which is annoying... but that's all.
- gigama 6y ago"... the vast majority of these smartphones don’t give users any way to switch off 2G support."