Vivien GUEANT<p>Savez-vous que la 2G est peu sécurisée et que vous pouvez la désactiver dans votre mobile ?</p><p>La <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> a en France une couverture plus fiable que la <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a>, donc vous ne l'utilisez pas, sauf quand un IMSI-catcher force votre mobile à l'utiliser, en brouillant les fréquences de votre opérateur et en émettant un réseau 2G sur lequel votre mobile va s'accrocher. Le but ? Envoyer des SMS falsifiés.</p><p>Pour + de sécurité, interdisez à votre mobile d'utiliser la 2G<br>+ d'infos : <a href="https://lafibre.info/infrastructure/imsi-catcher/msg1116387/#msg1116387" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lafibre.info/infrastructure/im</span><span class="invisible">si-catcher/msg1116387/#msg1116387</span></a></p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@alternativeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alternativeto</span></a></span> I use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> as my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/default" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>default</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> simply because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> is better than any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a>, is free and secure as well as improving performance on spotty connections like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> networks!</p><ul><li>I've been using that for 15+ years now!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.glitched.systems/@froge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>froge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fj</span></a></span> maybe but it's better than a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleBendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleBendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solutiom as it just works even on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a>, sub-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> speeds over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>...</p><ul><li>And you get <em>real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> of all the Keys</em>!<a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114223266562515116" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1142232</span><span class="invisible">66562515116</span></a></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@phlogiston" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phlogiston</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> at least <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> & <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> didn't cancel <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDGE</span></a> with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3Gshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Gshutdown</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> did recently.</p><ul><li>Seriously, the Ozzies <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113866074599066600" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mandate</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> and literally block <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImportPhones</span></a> based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@lucasmz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lucasmz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@Avitus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Avitus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>david_chisnall</span></a></span> the benefit of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> is that there are <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/xmpp.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>several providers</em>, including free options</a>...</p><ul><li><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> also supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashByMail</span></a> for those that can't use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stripe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stripe</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a>.</li></ul><p>All <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> incl. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> can and will be abused by existing governments and <em>if users don't pay, then they are the product and their data is the one to be sold</em>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> <em>IS</em> THE <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IllicitActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllicitActivity</span></a> WHEN IT COMES TO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a>!</li></ul><p>After all, you have the same <em>cost problem</em> with phone numbers. Even if one doesn't pay per line/number and never pay for calls and texts, they still have to top it up to extent validity.</p><ul><li>And again: It's way easier for a government to demand an ID for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a> that works in networks around their country (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> demands registration on a per-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> - basis *with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a>) than to tunnel XMPP+OMEMO through <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a>-speed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> networks.</li></ul><p>Plus you relying an <em>unfixably insecure</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephony</span></a> makes a system inherently unsafer than it needs to be...</p><ul><li>This is how people get caught!</li></ul><p>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> is <em>able and willing</em> to use said PII to <em>restrict and ban users</em> and if I were some dissident in Cuba or North Korea or even just Eritrea or Yemen I'd not rely on non-enforcement of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OFAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFAC</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USML</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITAR</span></a> since Signal can obviously distinguish & identify accounts by virgue if their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumber</span></a>! </p><ul><li>Always think <em>"How can this be weaponized against someone?"</em> when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>: In <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cband</span></a> dishes weren't common so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> used simiar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tuner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuner</span></a> cards with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VSAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSAT</span></a> terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> that were just data channels on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASTRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASTRA</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eutelsat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HotBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotBird</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuBand</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Later they got some fancy <em>"SAT-Routers"</em> that combines a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVB</span></a>-S downlink and an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> modem for uplink if not offered to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> networks as well...</li></ul><p>I've got <a href="https://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw30/s26648.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">one of those</a>:</p><p>Basically a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Router</span></a> with some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Ethernet, Power & F-Screw-Connector on the rear, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a>& <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modem</span></a>|s and USB up-front.</p><ul><li>And yes, I used that to share a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialup</span></a> connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroNetworking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>And don't even get me started on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6qb9dml6So" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">support</a>...</p><ul><li>Like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> had <em>the glorious idea</em> of shutting down <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <em>AND</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> as well as <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/allowlisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allowlisting</span></a></em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">only specific</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a>|s, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">banning > 500k devices</a> for no good reason.</li></ul><p>Also <em>most</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vo5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vo5G</span></a> - devices *explicitly use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalls</span></a>!</p><ul><li>Which is <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/funfuckingtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfuckingtastic</span></a></em> in a place like Australia where <em>basically everything in nature conspires to hurt or kill humans</em>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DownUnder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DownUnder</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AUSpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUSpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2Gshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2Gshutdown</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3Gshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Gshutdown</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalling</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>[<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLDR</span></a>: JUST TELL ME <em>IF</em> YOUR TABLET CAN DO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CALLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CALLS</span></a>!]</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DearVendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DearVendors</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tablets</span></a>:</p><p>Off all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Functions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Functions</span></a> you can put into a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Specifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Specifications</span></a> Sheet of your Devices there's one you should <em>ALWAYS answer clearly</em> on your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a>:</p><p><em>DOES YOUR TABLET [with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?</em></p><ul><li><p><em>NOT</em> "It can run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>" (or <em>whatever shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCSS</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoIP</span></a></em> you think of)...</p></li><li><p><em>NOT</em> "It can do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HSCSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HSCSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> /..."</p></li><li><p><em>But</em> DOES IT SUPPORT <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calls</span></a> (and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a>)??</p></li></ul><p>Like: <em>IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?</em></p><p>You're obviously able to list all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Codecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codecs</span></a> natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!</p><p>Now some folks may ask: <em>"WHY does this matter?"</em> or outright dismiss this as a problem.</p><p>Listen: <br>Not everyone is able or willing to carry <em>two</em> devices when 1 <em>SHOULD BE ENOUGH</em> and also some places (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>) have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportRestrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImportRestrictions</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileDevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileDevices</span></a>, so having more than 1 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> is already a <em>"NOPE!"</em> by the authorities.</p><ul><li>Also this isn't something one can <em>"fix"</em> post-purchase like installing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VLC</span></a> to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either <em>the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Baseband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baseband</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneCalls</span></a> or they don't!</em></li></ul><p>So why do <em>NONE</em> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a> manufacturers allow to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filter</span></a> for that???</p><ul><li>Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HMD</span></a> (aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a>) who literally copy the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Useage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Useage</span></a> information for all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tablets</span></a> and don't even bother to change <em>"Mobile Phone"</em> for <em>"Tablet"</em>.</li></ul><p><em>NO</em>, instead one has to download an <em>obscenely huge <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a></em> just to then <a href="https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202410/20241010132004137/SM-X11X_X21X_UM_Open_UU_Ger_Rev.1.2_240925.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">read on page 34</a> that for any <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephony</span></a>"</em> function you <em>NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT</em> and even that level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...</p><ul><li>I mean, come on, this <em>ain't</em> some <em>obscure functionality</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMAPI</span></a> to do some <em>"evil sourcery"</em> like <em>managing an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> that is in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a>-Card form factor</em>!</li></ul><p>Pretty shure <em>A LOT</em> of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get <em>yet another device & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a></em> just to recieve <em>the occasional call</em> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> can't be assed to send an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> or learn <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> to message one...</p><ul><li>Obviously they same manufacturers are <em>able and willing</em> to specify <em>f-stops</em> of the built-in cameras and list <em>EVERY SINGLE <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WEARABLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WEARABLE</span></a></em> they made and certify as <em>'compatible'</em> with, as if <em>anyone</em> is gonna take their non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/waterproof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterproof</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a> for a marathon or god forbid triathlon...</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechSupport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Procurement</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpecSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecSheet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Hambone Fakenamington<p>"BT has issued an update on its plans to retire its 2G network, marking the end of a technology first introduced in the early 1990s. The company’s 2G network, which operates under its EE brand, currently handles just 0.1 percent of the data traffic coursing through the company’s infrastructure."</p><p>That's such a crap metric. Like saying "Royal mail postal service carries 0.1% of telephone calls"..<br>What would be a more helpful metric is what percentage of calls go over <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BT</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GPRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPRS</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@ada" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ada</span></a></span> yeah, but then again Oz is ruled by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wankers</span></a> who decided to not only shutdown both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">literally</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/importPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>importPhones</span></a> and basically lock-out any device that desn't do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> <em>their way</em>...</p><p>And yes, they enforce that like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> enforces people to register imported devices 30 days after import:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">With</a> an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BanList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanList</span></a>!</li></ul><p>So if you are i.e. a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tourist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourist</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DownUnder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DownUnder</span></a> and you got some serious issue, you can't even call their emergency services on 000 cuz your devices got yeeted off the network through no fault of your own!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriously, there's a reason why <em>every other nation</em> at the very least keeps the absolute minimum of bandwith necessary to maintain <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> service for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalling</span></a>.</p><p>In fact, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> learned the hard way <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Data_System#Program_types" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">that</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PTY31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTY31</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RDS</span></a> - based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alarms</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sirens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sirens</span></a> are not replaceable.</p><ul><li>It's frustrating to see that it took a <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochwasser_in_West-_und_Mitteleuropa_2021#Rheinland-Pfalz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">triple-digit bodycount</a> to get that across...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Seriously, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shutdown</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJavqEzEIw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blocklisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blocklisting</span></a> <em>WILL inevitably kill people</em> </p><p>And the only <em>"tool"</em> there is is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a>'s <a href="https://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/3G-Network-Closure-Blocked-Devices-Checker.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a> and just <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/imei.devices.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teting random IMEIs</a> only yields two possible results:</p><ol><li><p><em>'We don't know this device at all'</em></p></li><li><p>"'We've not blocklisted it'*</p></li></ol><p>Even when testing it with obvious <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2Gonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2Gonly</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3Gonly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Gonly</span></a> devices that certainly don't support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GreatFirewallOfAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatFirewallOfAustralia</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>You use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_v2_vTogS8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FrogFind</a> to get online with your vintage computer.</p><p>I use <a href="http://frogfind.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FrogFind</a> to get online over Iridium and EDGEland-speed throttled mobile networks.</p><ul><li><em>We are not the same!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrogFind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrogFind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDGEland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/throttled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>throttled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileInternet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeAreNotTheSame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotTheSame</span></a></p>
Vivien GUEANT<p>Atout Réso de France Télécom (publié en 2004)<br>5/ Le réseau mobile <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> GSM 📶📱<br>Animation pédagogique de 2004 qui présente les technologies du réseau mobile 2G GSM: GPRS, WAP, SMS, MMS, Roaming, fréquences,...<br>On évoque même la 3G à la fin !<br><a href="https://youtu.be/BJHOeZRW2vk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/BJHOeZRW2vk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Maxi 10x 💉<p>»Der Plan von Mallik Rao, Chief Technology & Information Officer von O2 Telefónica, die <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a>-Netze der Mobilfunkbetreiber zusammenzulegen, ist damit offenbar vom Tisch.«</p><p>Deutsche Telekom nennt Termin für 2G-Abschaltung</p><p><a href="https://www.golem.de/news/900-mhz-deutsche-telekom-nennt-termin-fuer-2g-abschaltung-2410-190065.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/900-mhz-deutsche</span><span class="invisible">-telekom-nennt-termin-fuer-2g-abschaltung-2410-190065.html</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@aslmx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aslmx</span></a></span> You're incorrect - at least partially.</p><ul><li><p>It was <em>reactivated</em> as until the late 2000s and early 2010s it was actually available in all 4 (back then!) major networks.</p></li><li><p>I remember it fondly because I did use the location feature offered in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eplus</span></a>'s Network extensively...</p></li><li><p>AFAICT <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a> is only offered as a <em>tunneled service</em> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> networks, so the same issues of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> apply as *both 4G & 5G were designed for a premium mobile data service and not as a simple replacement of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a>...</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shaknais" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shaknais</span></a></span> which is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> and keeps <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> online...</p><ul><li>And with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a> being mandatory, it'll remain online...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.shadowkat.net/users/izaya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>izaya</span></a></span> well, you can just <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01103/asmade/text" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">read the original laws</a> and a <a href="https://medium.com/@jamesdwho/australias-3g-shutdown-telcos-to-block-working-4g-5g-phones-2bf41e95de8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">longer writeup</a> about it.</p><p>Needless to say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> doing a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shutdown</span></a> and banning <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFW</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/imported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imported</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhones</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmartPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPhones</span></a> is not just in the cards but <a href="https://mastodon.au/@quokka1/113235291295205431" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">confirmed in real-life</a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shaknais" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shaknais</span></a></span> I am pissed off because they don't avtually ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SS7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SS7</span></a> but yeet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> without having <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> work or being a open standard.</p><ul><li><em>If</em> politicans were actually listening, they'd not <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113237724381480357" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ban</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureCommunications</span></a> (like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyberfacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberfacist</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DECCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DECCD</span></a> & <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChatControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatControl</span></a>"</em> bs.) but instead invest in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mandate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a> encryption.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shaknais" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shaknais</span></a></span> That's not true...</p><p>Everyone else is fine despite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> still being up and running...</p><ul><li>It's just absurd and the question won't be <em>if</em> this will cause deaths but <em>how many</em> it'll cause till politicans are forced to reverse that shite? </li></ul><p>But then again <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> also mandated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hemlets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hemlets</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclists</span></a> instead of demanding drivers to not be sociopaths towards them, cuz <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarBrain</span></a>'ed politicians</em> I guess…</p>
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