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Two men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UK (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
submitted 5 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] AstroTechie@lemdro.id 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He installed a fake antenna? like a fake cellular radio tower? how is it possible that phones just randomly trust this antenna? they explain very little in the article.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] AstroTechie@lemdro.id 3 points 5 months ago

lovely, and my phone won't let me block 2G.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Short answer: security through obscurity