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Re:Setting the date to 1 January 1970 will brick your iPhone... by sschueller on Saturday February 13, 2016 @09:49AM (#11094106)
So in theory I could create a SDR setup using openBTS and then go around sending a GSM date of 1970-01-01 "bricking" iphones left and right?

Alternatively a bug or misconfiguration in the GSM time service could "brick" phones.

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