Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Intercept Your Calls

Re:Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Int... by tombrossman on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @05:58PM (#8265708)

I'd love to have this firewall installed on my phone Is this something that can be installed on an Android handset? Closest thing I can find is this XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422969

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Re:Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Int... by ampersandy on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @06:14PM (#8265752)

The last paragraph sums it up:

    He says he can envision a consumer-level app in the future that could be installed on phones by individuals. Although such an app wouldn’t have all of the same functionality as the robust firewall has, it would still be able to alert you to a rogue cell tower. There are currently no plans for an app, however.

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Re:Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Int... by alttab on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @06:54PM (#8265883)

Sounds like it can be done, but it won't be by them. Have they patented the technology, or is it even possible with standard Android SDK?

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Re:Phone Firewall Identifies Rogue Cell Towers Trying to Int... by NickNameNick on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @11:29PM (#8266623)

I suspect you would have to flash your own baseband firmware.

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