EPISODE · Feb 27, 2019 · 6 MIN
Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Over the past 18 months, revelations about wireless carriers selling smartphone location data to third parties have forced telecoms to promise reform. Worryingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, these user protections have been slow to actually materialize. Even if carriers shape up, though, an attacker can still track a smartphone's location and snoop on phone calls thanks to newly discovered flaws in 4G and even 5G protocols. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Over the past 18 months, revelations about wireless carriers selling smartphone location data to third parties have forced telecoms to promise reform. Worryingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, these user protections have been slow to actually materialize. Even if carriers shape up, though, an attacker can still track a smartphone's location and snoop on phone calls thanks to newly discovered flaws in 4G and even 5G protocols. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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