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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by kalleboo on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @05:23AM (#35959411)
You could by suddenly roaming when you're in your home country is a massive red flag and even normal people are aware and terrified of roaming fees.
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by dataflow on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @05:27AM (#35959444)
Are you sure your information isn't outdated by a decade or two? Providers have free roaming data nowadays, e.g. https://www.t-mobile.com/support/coverage/domestic-roaming-d...
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by betaby on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @12:06PM (#35963804)
...and that also locked to a certain auth profiles in Canada.
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by kalleboo on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @09:38PM (#35983297)
Most of the world isn't the U.S. E.g. in the UK operators recently rescinded free roaming in the EU.
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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by dataflow on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @09:41PM (#35983313)
The EU? Weren't we talking about the US and Canada in [1]?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35953970

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Re:LTESniffer – An Open-Source LTE Downlink/Uplink Eavesdropper by kalleboo on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:29PM (#35983540)
The decommission of 2G/3G and removal of downgrades applies pretty much everywhere these days (my operator doesn't even allow 3G downgrades on their 5G plans), I read it as just an example rather than starting a very specific conversation.
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