Zak is a widely recognized expert on surveillance, cyber and the security and privacy risks with AI, big tech, social media and smartphones. He is regularly cited in the media, with appearances on BBC, Sky, NPR, NBC, Channel 4, TF1, ITV and Fox. Zak has 25-years real-world experience in AI, cyber and surveillance.
Android 15 is almost here, and in amongst its wide range of security and privacy innovations, there’s one that really stands out. For the first time,
As Google explains, “SMS Blasters expose a fake LTE or 5G network which executes a single function: downgrading the user’s connection to a legacy 2G protocol. The same device also exposes a fake 2G network, which lures all the devices to connect to it. At this point, attackers abuse the well known lack of mutual authentication in 2G and force connections to be unencrypted, which enables a complete Person-in-the-Middle position to inject SMS payloads.
Google’s advice—backed by GSMA—is for devices to block 2G connectivity, except where a user is contacting the emergency services, in which case it will always be enabled. For users, if the device presents Android’s disable 2G option, then that should be set manually as well.
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