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5G network flaws could be abused to let hackers spy on your phone (www.techradar.com)

submitted 3 months ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Stingrays generally use 2G, as the security on earlier standards was pretty lax/broken. I thought that tower spoofing wasn't possible on 4G/5G?

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Always assume that even if not publicly available, some agency has knowledge of how to spy on you.

[–] bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

4G had a lot of the same issues as 3G, but 5G was a complete redesign (including security). It was supposed to have been way harder to break than previous generations.