@80133377 Samsung Continues to Fall Behind
Not every major phone manufacturer is taking the issue of fake base stations seriously. So far Samsung has not taken any steps to include the 2G toggle from vanilla Android, nor has it indicated that it plans to any time soon. Hardware vendors often heavily modify Android before distributing it on their phones, so even though the setting is available in the Android Open Source Project, Samsung has so far chosen not to make it available on their phones. Samsung also failed to protect its users earlier this year when for months it did not take action against a fake version of the Signal app containing spyware hosted in the Samsung app store. These failures to act suggest that Samsung considers its users’ security and privacy to be an afterthought. Those concerned with the security and privacy of their mobile devices should strongly consider using other hardware.
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