topic Re: security in Android Devices

security

mc1002 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:25:04 GMT

how do i switch off 2g on my phone?. The ee sim does not let me .

there is a major security issue with 2 g associated with stingray boxes

Re: security

Northerner — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:13:27 GMT

Hi @mc1002

What phone.

It should be under network settings.

If you're concerned about surveillance then it is largely irrelevant becase the police and security services have other methods available to them to access information.

Thanks

Re: security

bristolian — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:01:58 GMT

2G is one of EE's radio technologies, albeit with 4G & 5G coverage being what they are, you should very rarely - if ever - be seeing it these days.

Don't believe everything you read online!

Re: security

mc1002 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:43:05 GMT

There has recently been some coverage in the press about a vulnerability to mobile phones from 2G and the best way to stop this is to switch 2G off. My EE sim does not give me access to 2G waveband, see below.

Google has now broadened out its counter-intercept campaign with a warning for users to disable 2G altogether to prevent simpler SMS Blaster attacks. This is where cell-site simulators don’t go as far as full intercept, but instead “inject SMS phishing messages directly into smartphones… [to] entirely bypass the carrier network, thus bypassing all the sophisticated network-based anti-spam and anti-fraud filters.”

Re: security

Northerner — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:18:48 GMT

Hi @mc1002

Please read your other thread:

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Android-Devices/security/td-p/1588246

This is old news and mostly a non issue to most modern up to date handsets. FYI I have the S24 Ultra and can disable 2G under network settings.

Thanks,

Re: security

bristolian — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:36:24 GMT

@mc1002 wrote:
There has recently been some coverage in the press about a vulnerability to mobile phones from 2G and the best way to stop this is to switch 2G off.

Don't believe everything you read online!