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Yes, for some definition of the word hacking, because one of the underlying assumptions of the 5G network is that all of the devices operating on it are subject
by InitialLastName 4y ago
Yes, for some definition of the word hacking, because one of the underlying assumptions of the 5G network is that all of the devices operating on it are subject to local regulatory rules (won't behave badly on that spectral region) and rooting your Android phone could potentially give you access to do unacceptable things with the radio, up to and including interfering with other devices using the network.
- bpodgursky 4y agoI guess my point is that this is trivially easy to do but 5G networks in practice have no problem chugging along supporting a bunch of user-controlled devices.
- InitialLastName 4y agoPractically speaking, roughly 100% of those devices are fully regulator-approved and compliant with standards, because roughly 100% are running firmware from vendors who rely on regulatory approval. Essentially 0% of those devices are user-controlled in the "I can make the radio do whatever I want" sense.
- TechBro8615 4y agoI suppose that depends how you define “chugging along.” They might be relatively stable and safe from DDOS, but malicious devices can certainly do damage to other users of a network, in some cases without even connecting to it. For example, an IMSI catcher isn’t technically _connected to_ any cell network, but it does exploit the assumptions of clients who attempt and expect to connect to one.