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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by slicktux on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:59PM (#35953674)
2G is deprecated so a lot of the newer phones won’t even support that..?
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by sidewndr46 on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:00PM (#35953690)
I can't even turn off 2G on my relatively new Samsung handset, so I find it hard to believe it is "deprecated".

There are likely zero 2G towers in my area, but that doesn't mean handset suppliers don't ship it still.

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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by ronsor on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:15PM (#35953897)
As long as there are countries with GSM service, it's not going to stop being shipped.
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by slicktux on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:31PM (#35954091)
Yea relatively speaking…
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by Fnoord on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @11:23AM (#35963098)
On an Android smartphone you can disable it usually, via *#*#4636#*#*

There's a frontend for this on F-Droid if you prefer that [1]

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/pl.lebihan.network/

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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by sidewndr46 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:34PM (#35967385)
This doesn't work on Samsung phones
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by noselasd on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:42AM (#35958766)
Not really no. Newer phones absolutely support 2G.
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