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Do 5g cell towers or carriers have any tech that would stop these stingrays? Or is there anything consumers can do, maybe a whitelist app or something to authen
by dillondoyle 5y ago
Do 5g cell towers or carriers have any tech that would stop these stingrays? Or is there anything consumers can do, maybe a whitelist app or something to authenticate real towers?
need to force law enforcement to get warrants.
- mLuby 5y agoCan't see why corporations would side with consumers over law enforcement. On the other hand, the very existence of stingrays suggests corporate cooperation isn't enough in some way. Maybe Apple (and/or browser makers) could get away with a blanket "you're not connected to a publicly registered cell tower; proceed with caution" alert, like happens with SSL certs and HTTPS. Apparently there are public databases of known cell towers (e.g. https://opencellid.org https://opencellid.org) some of which are crowd-sourced.
- dannyw 5y agoYou can detect stringrays with iPhone apps even by accessing the limited mobile network info you get, the problem is Apple bans these apps for unknown reasons.
- dillondoyle 5y agoNice thanks for the info.