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

Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by stephen_g on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:31PM (#12916453)

I'd like at least a switch to completely disable 2G (on iPhone as well). In Australia, the last 2G networks will all have shut down by the end of next year. So even now, unless you phone only supports 2G there's absolutely no reason to use it (the 2G is thoroughly redundant at this point so you should never need to drop down to it).

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Re:4G LTE protocols used by smartphones can be hacked, resea... by londons_explore on Friday November 11, 2016 @03:22PM (#12933972)

Surely there is outcry at the shutting down of 2G due to the number of senior citizens with their mobile phone from 1995, and all those industrial users of "GSM" communications for automation and alerting?

I thought technologies were in place to allow 2G to share spectrum with newer standards, so the 2G network could remain as a legacy-only network forever?

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