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Re:Stingray, the fake cell phone tower by BuildTheRobots on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @11:15AM (#8102615)
It's actually a bit set on the SIM card, nothing to do with the network. Check out GSM 11.11, 10.3.18
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Re:Stingray, the fake cell phone tower by chmars on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:14PM (#8103862)
Thanks, you are of course right. I should have written network operator. The operator can turn on/off OFM on the SIM.
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Re:Stingray, the fake cell phone tower by BuildTheRobots on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:17PM (#8103887)
Technically yes, but if you're talking about a stingray then I don't think they're going to have the ability to alter your sim card without authenticating with it; which is a lot harder than just using a null cipher over the air.
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