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Re:Observing my cellphone switch towers by slim on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:10AM (#27173834)
It happened to me. 1 hour off. It was related to DST. I missed a meeting because of this. Since then I disable "automatic time from network" on my new phones and have a casio watch. I thought the tower was misconfigured, why do you suppose it's a stingray?
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Re:Observing my cellphone switch towers by bombcar on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:29AM (#27173948)
Time-sync is important for mobile operators (there are standards to keep the towers in sync with the correct time) - and a tower out of sync would be noticed.

But not if it is a stingray as that's not managed by the network.

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