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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 11 Aug 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 204 : "text" format

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T-Mobile takes issue with recently disseminated 5G 'disinformation'
Verizon is going all out in its efforts to close the 5G coverage gap to T-Mobile
Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data theft
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <6a99628c-e11b-6110-3364-832501c83815@billhorne.com> Date: 9 Aug 2020 13:17:46 -0400 From: "Bill Horne" <malaQssimRilatMion@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile takes issue with recently disseminated 5G 'disinformation' by Adrian Diaconescu Just four short months after officially completing its long-in-the-works Sprint takeover, T-Mobile claims to have surpassed AT&T in subscriber numbers, setting its sights on Verizon next on the road to total US wireless industry domination. https://www.phonearena.com/news/t-mobile-statement-5g-rollout-disinformation-tower-companies_id126475 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to email me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200810175930.GA632@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:59:30 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon is going all out in its efforts to close the 5G coverage gap to T-Mobile by Adrian Diaconescu While Verizon is in no immediate danger of following AT&T's suit to be overtaken by T-Mobile in terms of wireless subscribers, the nation's number one carrier can certainly not afford to rest on its laurels as far as network infrastructure is concerned. https://www.phonearena.com/news/verizon-spectrum-acquisitions-t-mobile-5g-coverage-advantage_id126510 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <EAD5106E-0371-443E-B642-8AEB551BFE2E@roscom.com> Date: 9 Aug 2020 14:57:23 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data theft Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data theft There's no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix from Qualcomm. A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. The vulnerabilities can be exploited when a target downloads a video or other content that's rendered by the chip. Targets can also be attacked by installing malicious apps that require no permissions at all. >From there, attackers can monitor locations and listen to nearby audio in real time and exfiltrate photos and videos. Exploits also make it possible to render the phone completely unresponsive. Infections can be hidden from the operating system in a way that makes disinfecting difficult. ... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/snapdragon-chip-flaws-put-1-billion-android-phones-at-risk-of-data-theft/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 11 Aug 2020
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