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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by hunter2_ on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:34PM (#25195005)
If a cellular network IoT is the future, why is it blocked by 5G deployment? Seems like it could just happen now with 4G. Does 5G relax the need for a phone number (which I believe all 4G devices have, even if they can't make calls) or something?
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Re:Walmart router, others on Amazon, eBay have hidden backdo... by yencabulator on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @11:29AM (#25210951)
The problem with the "5G" terminology is that it groups a bunch of things together, in a meaningless blob of vague hype.

Some of the technologies are specifically intended to give "phone home" connectivity to low-power devices: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrowband_IoT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE-M

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