4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, researchers found

Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by digi_owl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @04:51PM (#12915039)

Could be that by default LTE is only a data carrier.

Until you can be reasonably sure that there is VoLTE support everywhere, restricting the phone to LTE service means you lose out on call capability. And that is likely to be a big nono for emergency reasons. After all, a phone without a SIM can still call the national emergency numbers around the world.

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Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by kalleboo on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @10:51PM (#12917573)

> After all, a phone without a SIM can still call the national emergency numbers around the world

This is actually not true in every country

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Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:51PM (#12916602)

I can't imagine it would be hard to connect to other networks only in the case of emergency dialing.

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Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by tdkl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:29PM (#12915399)

That's a great point and probably the reason, thanks.

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