On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 11:12 Alvin Starr via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2025-10-16 10:22, James Knott via Talk wrote:
On 10/16/25 10:09, Alvin Starr via Talk wrote:
The various mobile networks are also subject to snooping but with a bigger investment in fancy hardware.
4G & 5G are encrypted with IPSec.
There are devices called "StingRay" that can hack into cell networks. I have not spent a lot of time tracking these things other than various news articles that show up.
So I cannot guarantee that the 4/5G networks are hack-able but I am not sure that anybody can guarantee that they are not.
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