#cellular-networks on Hacker News

2 stories tagged cellular-networks, newest first.

Screenshot of an.dywa.ng: Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location (an.dywa.ng)

817 points by cbeuw 8 months ago | 480 comments

Blog post explaining that cellular standards let carriers silently request a device's GNSS/GPS location, prompted by Apple's iOS 26.3 precise-location limit feature.

location-privacy gnss gps cellular-networks

Screenshot of cybersect.substack.com: That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus

That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus (cybersect.substack.com)

986 points by sixhobbits 1 year ago | 559 comments

Robert Graham's Substack post arguing that the Secret Service's NYC SIM farm story is overhyped and the devices reflect ordinary crime, not a threat to cell networks.

sim-farm secret-service cellular-networks telecom-fraud

#cellular-networks on Hacker News

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location(an.dywa.ng)

That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus(cybersect.substack.com)

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location (an.dywa.ng)

That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus (cybersect.substack.com)