security

[mc1002]

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

[Northerner]

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 

[bristolian]

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!

[mc1002]

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.”

[Northerner]

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, 

[bristolian]

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@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.

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Don't believe everything you read online!