alexkidman, to random
@alexkidman@aus.social avatar

Do feature phones still have a place in 2024? Absolutely, but what’s it like to use one? I’ve been testing out the Aspera F50 to find out. Here's my full text and video review!

https://alexreviewstech.com/aspera-f50-review-simple-and-cheap-4g-volte-upgrade-and-thats-about-all/

fatuus, to free French
@fatuus@mstdn.fr avatar
cquest, to random French
@cquest@amicale.net avatar

Il suffira d’un signe
Un matin

mate,
@mate@3615.computer avatar

@cquest

oui, mais aussi !

mars1024, to Engineering
@mars1024@techhub.social avatar

By the way, if you are stuck in crowded areas, and the 4G isn't "4G-ing":

Try switching to 3G/2G. It is slow, but there would be less congestion on those network bands. You can send important messages over internet.

experiencer, to random
@experiencer@lethallava.land avatar

Random question, but do any of you on mobile data?

If so, I'm intrigued on what technology you use for it (e.g. UMTS, 3G HSPA+, LTE, NR), what games you play on it (e.g. Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), what your current carrier is (e.g. EE, vodafone UK), what your area is (e.g. West Midlands, England) and how your experience is like for it (e.g. good, bad).

I don't know whether I'll ever get back to making videos, but if I do, one of the ideas I had was making a video about gaming on 4G.

alexkidman, to australia
@alexkidman@aus.social avatar

In which I dig out my iPhone 3GS to talk about why, if you know someone still using an old 3G-only phone in Australia, the time to update is NOW.

https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/12/got-an-old-3g-phone-in-australia-now-is-the-time-to-upgrade/

glynmoody, to random
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

EU-wide digital wallet: MEPs reach deal with Council - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231106IPR09006/eu-wide-digital-wallet-meps-reach-deal-with-council this is an absolute disgrace, it will open up everyone in EU to invisible, unstoppable government surveillance. shame on @EU_Commission and @Europarl_EN #eidas #qwacs details: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/03/eu-tries-to-slip-in-new-powers-to-intercept-encrypted-web-traffic-without-anyone-noticing/

kkarhan,

@quincy @thomasjorgensen @glynmoody Also the Application Vendor could be forced to accepr said #Backdoor cert and not prompt about it.

Kinda like almost no device will complain if one degrades the #encryption or wireless standard on #GSM ( #2G) / #3G / #4G / #5G networks...

itnewsbot, to random

2G Or Not 2G, That Is The Question - Since the very early 1990s, we have become used to ubiquitous digital mobile phone... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/08/2g-or-not-2g-that-is-the-question/ #hackadaycolumns #cellphonehacks #cellphone #switchoff #2g #3g

phs, to random
@phs@aus.social avatar

For 30 years the radio station has assembled our "mobile studio" for outside broadcasts from scratch at every event.

Finally putting it all together in a neat, self-contained mobile rack to minimise the setup, pack up, and error factors.

image/jpeg

kkarhan,

@phs which does make sense...

Regular big broadcasters usually just livestream that stuff to their big studios over and the like....

noiq, to random

Booted up my old FirefoxOS ZTE phone. Pretty surprised it booted tbh.

kkarhan,

@tayledras @noiq @mozilla @internetofshit @EU_Commission

I can understand like an #Emergency #Transponder for #Accidents but wouldn't using #CB-#Radio or Inmarsat-E or #Iridium-#SBD be a better solution for the problem.

Because if one has an accident with no withnesses or other traffic coming for minutes if not hours, chances are it's some rural road with no #GSM (or #3G / #4G / #5G reception at all...

rival_elf, to random

Data about how much money scammers are making using IMSI catchers to defraud people is finally starting to regularly surface

See recently this guy who made ~$40k USD in 2 months stealing credit card info via fake SMS messages

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202308090022

kkarhan,

@rival_elf I mean it's not like with or where equipment to crack those costs 6 digits ...

Pretty shure a with good crystal, maybe a reciever for a somewhat accurate and a are all that's needed, since those together will likely have more computational power than the average core network when networks were launched.

marcoarment, to random
@marcoarment@mastodon.social avatar

ok look I know this is really stupid and pedantic, but come on, we’ve had 26 years to learn this

It's Wi-Fi

not Wifi or WiFi or wifi or wi fi

Wi-Fi. Hyphenated. Both words capitalized.

thank you for coming to my ted talk

(while you're here, “log in" is two words when being used as a verb… your login button or link should not say "login”, because the action they take is to "log in”)

kkarhan,

@marcoarment what kind of ?

802.11(a/b/g/n/ac/ad/ax/...)?

Not.to be confused woth like /// or Non-WiFi-based like ...

remixtures, to Cybersecurity Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "This report provides a high-level overview of the geolocation-related threats associated with contemporary networks that depend on the protocols used by 3G, 4G, and 5G network operators, followed by evidence of the proliferation of these threats. Part 1 provides the historical context of unauthorized location disclosures in mobile networks and the importance of the target identifiers used by surveillance actors. Part 2 explains how mobile networks are made vulnerable by signaling protocols used for international roaming, and how networks are made available to surveillance actors to carry out attacks. An overview of the mobile ecosystem lays the foundation for the technical details of domestic versus international network surveillance, while the vectors of active versus passive surveillance techniques with evidence of attacks shows how location information is presented to the actor. Part 3 provides details of a case study from a media report that shows evidence of widespread state-sponsored surveillance, followed by threat intelligence data revealing network sources attributed to attacks detected in 2023. These case studies underscore the significance and relevance of undertaking these kinds of surveillance operations.

Deficiencies in oversight and accountability of network security are discussed in Part 4. This includes outlining the incentives and enablers that are provided to surveillance actors from industry organizations and government regulatory agencies. Part 5 makes clear that the adoption of 5G technologies will not mitigate future surveillance risks unless policymakers quickly move to compel telecommunications providers to adopt the security features that are available in 5G standards and equipment. If policymakers do not move swiftly then surveillance actors may continue to prey upon mobile phone users by tracking their physical location."

https://citizenlab.ca/2023/10/finding-you-teleco-vulnerabilities-for-location-disclosure/

dans, to random
@dans@mastodon.me.uk avatar

Any engineers here who can let me know if it's possible to block a working mobile number across all networks?

My daughter's phone number stopped accepting incoming calls ("You've dialled an incorrect number") in August and ID.Mobile are unable to fix it. Outgoing calls and data work fine.

Wondering if it's been blacklisted for some reason.

mastodonmigration, to mastodon
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

Anybody else feeling it? Mastodon becoming essential...?

Mastodon is tiny, yet are we now seeing the vital niche that this nascent open social media platform is beginning to fill?

Today the AoIR, Association of Internet Researchers @AoIR abandons Twitter for Mastodon (https://aoir.org/aoir2023onmastodon/), and EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova declares Twitter the largest source of and (https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/111132449403615794)...

People are turning to Mastodon...

1/3

kkarhan,

@aslmx @CodexArcanum @mastodonmigration Yeah, but nobody uses it and I've yet to see any use case - whereas was used until most providers in Germany canceled support for it - just like / was used wherever / was unavailable...

root42, to retrocomputing
@root42@chaos.social avatar

Gaze upon my new smartphone! Well, making phone calls is a bit tricky, but isn’t that usually so with smartphones?
#palmpilot #retrocomputing

kkarhan,

@root42 well, there were #Palm #PDA's that did support #PhoneCalls, #SMS and even #3G #Internet access...

Ruth_Mottram, to random

Ok. Now I'm utterly confused. 1minute after crossing the Danish border my 3G connection is faster than all the German 4G and quite a lot of the German 5G signal when on the web.

Is my provider deliberately slowing things down in our neighbour to the south?

mathdatech1, to random French
@mathdatech1@hostux.social avatar

Lorraine. DAB + : la radio numérique nouvelle génération arrive dans nos départements

La Lorraine est maintenant couverte par le DAB + (Digital Audio Broadcasting). Cette nouvelle technologie va permettre aux auditeurs d’écouter leur radio préférée avec une qualité supérieure. Elle se veut plus pratique et plus intuitive pour les utilisateurs.

https://www.estrepublicain.fr/culture-loisirs/2023/07/14/la-radio-numerique-nouvelle-generation-arrive-en-lorraine

diarra,

@mathdatech1 si ça n'était pas pour abandonner à terme des technologies existantes et fonctionnelles comme la , j'en serai probablement réjoui.

Un peu comme la qui fait que les opérateurs détruisent les antennes ...

:dab:

lore, to random

on the 5G scare

the vast majority of 5G frequency bands are in common use by other technologies already.

so as someone with technical knowledge of radio, it's absolutely bizarre that people have singled out 5G as a health hazard.

the funny thing is that 5G is largely based on 4G and nothing dramatic has changed. it can even share the same frequency bands.

it's been overhyped as new and revolutionary by phone makers and carriers, but only to make you buy new phones.

ever try 4G in an area with good coverage? it can often match or exceed cable modem speeds.

realcaseyrollins,
@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world avatar

@colinsmatt11 @lore Do those extend to ? got phased out a few years ago IIRC (much to the chagrin of many users)

33dBm, to random German
@33dBm@lazysocial.de avatar

Messen an Antennenanlagen und PIM

Eine Einführung in die Messung von Antennenanlagen und in die Bewertung, Analyse und Vermeidung passiver Intermodulationen (PIM) mit spezieller Betrachtung verteilter Antennensysteme (DAS) und den Einflüssen von PIM auf verschiedenen Mobilfunkbändern

Version 1.09 vom 06.05.2023

https://tkb-schmidt.de/MAA.pdf

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