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EFF Article - Google And Apple Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not sure if this is strictly privacy or more security related but it does affect iOS and Android and could have privacy implications. It was enough to make me to turn off 2G anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: if you leave your phone in airplane mode then youre not vulnerable to a stingray

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also you'll get a huge increase in battery life.