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Basically all phones are behind a NAT/firewall. You can't connect to them directly.
by z3t4 6y ago
Basically all phones are behind a NAT/firewall. You can't connect to them directly.
- bonzini 6y agoThey can connect to whatever they want, it's more than enough.
- est31 6y agoPlus many services can send push messages to the phone. E.g. Whatsapp. Bezos for example was hacked through a Whatsapp message containing an exploit.
- BelenusMordred 6y agoUntil they turn on ADB, then it's a free for all. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tens-of-thousands-of-android-devices-are-exposing-their-debug-port/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tens-of-thous...
- rjmunro 6y agoOn my home WiFi, my phone is on IPv6, and therefore not behind NAT (it is on a NAT address for IPv4, though). I've not done any super-geeky things to enable this, it's a standard router from a mainstream internet provider. Pinging the IPv6 address from outside doesn't seem to work - I guess there is some sort of firewalling going on.