Google warns against new tool for scammers

[@ladywed2699]

I'm so sick of people.

[@elcajoia619]

Underrated comment.

[@DSlick3618]

Seriously tho

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

Yup

[@AlphaQHard]

Theyre not people, and shouldnt be treated like people.

[@OG_Beckie_Leigh]

Absolutely! Society, in general, has become a place in which I no longer wish to live. 😢

[@BMarquet]

If people put all this hard work they do into scamming into doing good, imagine how they can change the world for the better. SMH

[@Metalshark100]

society is built and melded in an unfortunate way, you don't get paid for doing good. it'll only get worse with the economy on a downfall like this. the only way it gets any better is if governments make some huge changes but that's asking for too much. the world may end sooner rather than later, if not WW3 then maybe dystopian society.

[@ThugByChoice]

Grow up.

[@Ethan-mn9jh]

Or if the FBI and CIA actually went after the evil criminals imagine how much better this world would be.

[@nephilimshammer9567]

Most people try to at first until they see it's impossible because the top never allows you to go back to making money this way

[@thelonecabbage7834]

Society decided most people don't deserve to make a living doing real work.

[@YTbannedme-g8x]

Its why I dont do banking, crypto, or anything on my phone, only on PC. Phones are far too vulnerable to attacks and getting stolen/lost.

[@Redlined997_C2S]

And another reason why I have a flip (non-smart) phone.

[@hybridPeople358]

Everyday there's a new scam.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Price we pay for technology

[@erikkison]

Everyday people want free money

[@dix_pack_of_sixie]

As the people get poorer, crime becomes more prevalent and much more creative.

[@loum5143]

No effing doubt about it.EVERY DAY👿

[@hybridPeople358]

@@dix_pack_of_sixie This morning I found out about Uber eats scam. People cancelled their orders right before picking it up .😕

[@LuciFeric137]

Cops have had these for years. Stingrays

[@paulabrego6777]

decades

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Google doesn't like that their buddies have competition. Seriously, these things and Stingrays are not the same thing.

[@jogmas12]

I knew cops were crooked 😮

[@JJ-Toreddie]

Years.. they've had them for Decades

[@BadMonkeyMike]

Ya, dirty cops spying on citizens violating their rights

[@Sidicas]

Remember when the FCC used to enforce the law and put people in federal, pound them in the bum for life, prison for life for stuff like this? pepperridge farms remembers...

[@buzz5969]

No but I remember Pepperidge farms…

[@dahamsta]

Pound them in the bum for life? WTF?

[@TheAccursedEntity]

When was that? 😂

[@ultimatums1]

not when you have an indian leading it.

[@Galfrid]

We remember pepperidge farm before it went woke, too

[@IngameAnimation]

Criminals be wanting to pay 2000 dollars to steal easier. bro just get a job ffs.

[@BoltRM]

Google is warning the scammers not to fall for the devices. They're bogus.

[@mulemule]

Right? Good thing KZbin's not full of _1000's_ of "EZ-Money" -influencers- scammers fleecing the vulnerable.

[@samic7049]

The irony of google warning about scams while I see fake ads all over KZbin and google search.

[@ByteSizedSociety]

[@mulemule]

Right? They should've just said nothing. 🙄

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Amen

[@shawnm8232]

Google only wants to make you rich quick.

[@ID10T24]

You got to call others out first, remember money talks and bullshit walks, I can never understand why Google lets it happen, though the money makes it alright.

[@stevegonzales527]

“New device” by the time they find out about a device they move on to a new one

[@FlixCreEightR]

Whoever is making all these devices, should be arrested.

[@AtomicEy]

8 billion + humans skip jail Death.

[@tvviewer4500]

The fed, cia, state agents. Good luck putting any of them in jail

[@bobcaygeon975]

Google probably behind it

[@mondocjenson-dy8zd]

Like the CDK 🖥 Fiasco it's an Inside job...😮

[@Nitrous2OH]

Apple?

[@skatman1837]

Remember when the ATF used such a device to find out if a citizen was home to raid his house and end up murdering him in Arkansas???

[@TechHowden]

Nope, this is just a commercially available 2G transmitter board with an amplifier connected to a computer. No particularly special equipment necessary.

[@marcusinfinity9386]

​Yeah.. That's what the kopmala's used TechHowden

[@atari7001]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@roadmonitoroz]

No device needed. Police here can easily ping your phone via the carrier to know your location . In the cbd, this can be down to about 3 metres / 10 feet. In the suburbs, it is down to about 30 metres / 99 feet. Had it happen, heard of it happening to others. No doubt the police can do the same there.

[@juniorsanchez7441]

Can you elaborate

[@Mobus_]

Of course Apple won't let users disable 2G. They won't even let you change the battery.

[@paullllehtx]

They don't care. Because the sheep will still support them and buy their latest and greatest.

[@2010khampton]

You sound dumb. Newer iPhones don’t even have 2G radios so why would there be an option to disable something that isn’t even in the phone?

[@2010khampton]

@@paullllehtx You sound dumb. Newer iPhones don’t even have 2G radios so why would there be an option to disable something that isn’t even in the phone?

[@TheScrubmuffin69]

Samsung has disabled me from changing my network band from 5g to 4glte, so every company is doing it.

[@fluoriteheals]

I took my iPhone 4 apart .. easy replacement of the battery... iPhone 8.....ehhh i Took it in pieces to the fixit place and groveled "PLEASE REVIVE THIS OH GREAT ONE"?

[@sibhuskyguy]

easiest way for scammers to make money is to advertise with google.... the irony....

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

I’m sure you have used Google for many things

[@sibhuskyguy]

@@Tad-For-Global-Peace whose being sued for having a monopoly currently, so what's your point? my point is them warning against a scam tool while forcing you to use their scam exposure tools is ironic...

[@East_L.A_Ivy]

Facts

[@drakemars7912]

Ain't that the truth.Google is far worse than any device.

[@paullllehtx]

True. So much nonsense and scams I see on KZbin ads like those that say free money and subsidies. It's crazy how KZbin just lets those ads run daily.

[@thatguy7085]

Government uses it all the time

[@Fivemacs]

Yup..stingray devices

[@chrisvaughn5960]

Gang stalking!

[@deathwarrent8465]

Criminals will pick peanuts out of poop if they thought there was money in it

[@RadioRich100]

Gays do it all the time, there poop divers.

[@RebuttalRecords]

There's a KZbin video about three guys in India who go through the sewage in sewers close to goldsmith shops. They spend 18 hours to collect gold specs from the sewers and refine the all gold they collect into a small nugget using a toxic homemade chemical process and at the end of it all they have around $12 to split among the three of them. I wouldn't call those three criminals, I'd call them insane.

[@deathwarrent8465]

@@RebuttalRecords turd burglers 😂

[@RadioRich100]

@@RebuttalRecords Are you one of the 3 guys?

[@RebuttalRecords]

@@RadioRich100 No, I make my living selling trashy music to Spotify.

[@victorfontaine4943]

I suppose when the lightbulb was invented, it just made it easier for people to thief at night…

[@dicktracy5234]

Nope, the graveyard shift was invented .

[@TheBotMir]

Scammers don’t deserve this world

[@eeyorehaferbock7870]

Can we all just accept that we really are living in a cyberpunk dystopia that doesn’t even have flashy aesthetics and then work forward with that premise?

[@gabecollins5585]

This is a scary thing. It should be a felony for anyone making, selling or buying them.

[@TechHowden]

The equipment itself isn't the problem, in fact it can be used for good things such as building emergency or very rural cellular for a small area or just for fun to use old 2G phones. The real problem is people buying the equipment to use for scams like this.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

@@TechHowden Actually building a 2g network without owning the spectrum is a felony, so there's NO legal use for these outside of research alone. I'm not against them, I'm just being blunt and honest.

[@TechHowden]

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket it's quite cheap to buy an official spectrum license for a temporary cellular network.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

It already is, IF you can prove their intent. The problem is I can argue I built this for legal use in research and haven't used it; unless you can prove I've used it, or intend to knowingly sale it for criminal use I'm exempt. However they MIGHT be able to get you on the illegal specifications if they are illegal as I suspect. The FTC regulates very tightly who can transmission on what frequencies at what level of power. WiFi is free for anyone to use without a license but it has to stay under a 100 watts, I actually think it has to stay WAY under 100 watts but not sure what then number is so I'm ball parking it. I've seen articles on how to build these for years, over a decade. The military has had them since the late 80's as insane as that might sound. The police since 9/11. Back in the early days of smart phones you could install an app to detect these but those of us who have foil hats think the government put pressure on telco's to remove that function from the IC's used in transceivers. My old HTC One (m7) would alert me a few times a year that an "unregistered cellular tower" was detected and it turns off the cellular automatically. Now days more modern cellular communication chips somehow lack the ability to relay the towers ID. I knew this day would come..

[@lwxflowxwl]

Lmao good luck we trying that on drugs and firearms look how it’s going

[@DigimonTamerfreak]

Android once again proving their superiority.

[@la6136]

Android makes better phones but Apple makes better computers

[@saltsea9499]

Better computers compared to what? ​@@la6136

[@Justin_Why]

Apple makes better phones and computers. Just bcz you have one S24 ultra doesn’t make android better

[@chrisredfield6903]

Android doesn't make phones is operating system but I feel you ​@@la6136

[@cruisycai]

"There's some good news but, there's also bad news"! Isn't that lovely to hear.

[@TheLastRockNRollerAlive]

What a secure country.

[@Clayton1968]

Thanks to orange-demented Hitler

[@muddysludge7117]

It's a stingray like what state and federal cops use illegally on Americans.

[@TechHowden]

Not really, this is just a separate 2G transmitter that your phone thinks is a roaming network with a much stronger signal than your real provider so it auto connects. You can easily stop one of these from working at all by using manual network selection on your phone.

[@oyajiblues]

yeah different

[@TheTraveler33]

Right. I said that in my reply on this thread earlier. People are mad about this. Imagine their shock when they figure out it ONLY exists like this now because of cops spying on American's.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

What evidence do you have the cops are spying? Pray do share how you are so privy to professional spys and what makes you think they care about your internet visits unless you’re in child porn or beastie sites or plotting to harm the USA.

[@TechHowden]

@@TheTraveler33 read my reply on this comment, it's no secret tech whatsoever.

[@georgevasquez5897]

So since iPhone users can’t remove the 2G. We should just be ok with getting scammed. That’s basically what this reporter is saying.

[@HYL-c9z]

thank you for sharing this with the world.

[@jonesjones7057]

Warns against it? Or warns OF it? Warning against it gives me the impression that I shouldn't use it for hacking because it sucks. Warning OF it warns me that its out there and could hack my phone.

[@MyCatJeff]

The answers are in the details like that.

[@BaconFaceMcGee]

The device looks a lot like a desktop computer power supply, but with an antenna. I was unaware cell phones could even connect to 2G these days! I will know if one of these things are used at around our church. Cell service is almost non existent so if our cell phones suddenly have strong signal and start receiving messages, we will know something is wrong.

[@wyrunuts]

hey Apple, get with it !

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

Didn't Steve W. manuf and /or modify black boxes for long distance calling and almost end up a Federal Felon???!!

[@user-du4ky2fy7q]

Apple has known about this for the past 10 years. They dont spend money fixing something that does not affect their earnings.

[@TheTraveler33]

Hey Einstein, as of now, this works on ALL phones. I am quite familiar with coding and internet security. I don't think this can even be fixed from the phone end. Blaming apple for this is like blaming a fork for you getting shocked when you stick it in an electric socket. Do NOT believe what they are telling you here.

[@dancruze]

Apple has pros and cons just like andriod.

[@TheTraveler33]

@@dancruze Perhaps. But apple has FAR fewer. I am not just another person with an opinion. I actually do know quite a bit about tech. Enough to make a living doing it in the past.

[@kennethking817]

Are you saying Just don't answer popup Solicitors or can the device but in at any time your Browsing / Shopping ?

[@BaconFaceMcGee]

I have my iPhone setup to ignore calls from numbers not found in my contacts or my messages list.

[@RikRule]

I’m going back to beepers

[@formfunction-o4s]

I loved my Motorola bravo plus. I Remember people at school would say “why do you have a pager, are u a drug dealer?” 😂

[@princeothello5802]

U can’t beat two cans and a string. 😂

[@jimp4854]

Oww, that didn’t age well.

[@scyph]

Buy beepers from Israel

[@vukkumsp]

1:51 where are the instructions? I don't see any links in this video description

[@Alex-rf9rt]

Goto settings, mobile networks, disable 2G

[@koshnaranek2317]

My S21 5G only has 4 choices 2G only 3G only 2/g 3/g auto connect 5/g 3/g 2/g auto connect

[@TheTraveler33]

Bad advice. WTH makes you think that will work? These devices would be useless. Most cell towers won't even carry 3g let alone 2g. Do NOT take this advice folks. It's false security. I know they said that in the video, but it won't work.

[@AlphaQHard]

No such thing on an iphone

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

That can get you in a bad situation if you go far enough outside of town.

[@ClickbaitMotorsports]

Also, for the Samsung Knights....Settings > Connection > Mobile Networks > Allow 2G Service (Off/On)

[@KrukidEstilo2611]

Im curious, who makes this equipment and where do they get it, its not available online ir amazon

[@BlessedBeMyDay]

When will everyone learn. Don't click on links from text- email - facebook - youtube. Easy doesn't mean safe .

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

That was what I was saying. 😏 As long as you don't click on suspicious links you should be fine from this.

[@abandonedcranium6592]

I'm good. I'm already on 17G. Waaaaay ahead of everyone else!

[@SunshineFL]

Me too❤

[@dieseldragon6756]

I live in the UK, so since 2020 I've been doing _The British Thing_ and _Levelling Up_ following our departure from the EU... 🇬🇧💨🇪🇺 ...I'm now using a phone which has a rotary dial, connects to a terminal block in the wall, and doesn't support text messaging. ☎🇬🇧😉

[@NotTheBot]

I’ve have a can. I had a switchboard of strings, each one connected to a different person. It got so complicated eventually the strings got knotted and broken, so I had to invent a better way. Wireless carrier pigeons. Some of them are even motorized.

[@dieseldragon6756]

@@NotTheBot Did you know that Pigeons can provide an Internet connection now, too? Look-up *RFC 1149* - _„A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers“_ 🐦💾😁

[@burchified]

Disabling 2g on android puts a permanent hazard icon on your notification screen so my ocd will be winning that fight 😂

[@Varkolak-kz6xx]

My Android tells me that I'm now safer when I shut the 2gG off.

[@LinhHa-sd4zf]

@@Varkolak-kz6xxwould you pls teach me how to turn that 2 G off. Thanks.

[@DemarcusQ]

I don’t reply to any text message I wasn’t expecting. Even messages from my own bank account I personally go on the app to find out.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Isn’t this something the feds should be dealing with..?

[@alwaysyouramanda]

OH-! Only attacking apple users, huh? Sounds like it IS the feds

[@preemptedsoul1014]

"Instructions attached" ... where? Would've been smart to put in summary of video. 🤷‍♀️

[@luisbarragan8144]

😂😂 But how will they make revenue out of it if they attach it here, the would lose what they can gain from another video 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@x-men69-96]

Google Ads. Google makes this device

[@paullllehtx]

Yes. All those free money/subsidies scam ads that run daily are just as bad. Google just lets them.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

The range is proportionate to the wattage. I'd guess a backpacker would need to be standing within a couple feet of you.

[@lizzapaolia959]

It's absolutely a rarity. They also are very expensive. A lot of inaccurate information being provided. Trying to scare the public is a daily thing.... Highly unlikely to be a victim of this ...

[@Dinosaurchickin]

Yes typical click bait fear mongers

[@randym4600]

​@Dinosaurchickin Which is what Faux News does.

[@whosregis]

Omg, hey landlines... we're sorry we made fun of you, please come back.

[@Galfrid]

So you can get constant scam calls on a landline? 🤣🤣🤣

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

​@@Galfrid Caller ID still exists.

[@jtdollarfitness3048]

We are not ready for this digital world keep cash money flowing

[@harold.one.feather]

Blame the FBI and Stinger tech, good job, FBI

[@RemainNameless614]

I don't know why mainstream media talks about things like this. They have zero clue wtf they're talking about!

[@mgoodwi1]

There is a new scam everyday!

[@philam1973]

It wasn’t clear whether iPhones will only connect to this device through 2G..i thought 2G was the cell network? Currently most networks are 5G. Does that mean they also transmit 2G through 5G? Obsolete phones that are only compatible with 2G are susceptible? Need clearer info please.

[@donmaclean5443]

I HATE cell phones which is why I do not own one!!

[@donmaclean5443]

@@Nothing-To-C-Here I used a fake number

[@chumps7974]

Good for you

[@Robert_L22]

Thank God I'm not addicted to my phone.

[@elizabethwolfgang4017]

It doesn't matter about being an addict with your phone anymore. It's the technology to reach a phone anywhere at any time. So, nobody is safe if they have one.

[@mykula780]

Your phone will connect to it no matter what whether you answer a phone call or text message or click on a link it doesn't matter people. It's the same thing as a stingray that the police use to mimic a cell phone tower

[@theautodidacticman_]

This has been happening for many years now by your local police departments and it’s called stingray technology. It forces all cellphones to connect to it first before cell towers if it’s within a certain distance. They strategically placed armored vehicles like in my hometown they’re called “the guardian,” and it’s motto is to keep watchful eye on city streets. They’re now flying this technology over city’s with planes and now drones stealing anyone’s imei numbers that comes in contact and once your phone is connected they’ll be able to see absolutely everything on your phone or device that connected with the cell site simulator stingray technology.

[@DangDuctri-ky8vg]

Money creation is the source of trouble 🤢🤢🤢 it shuould just be technology, education, enough food thats all

[@tolson57]

First I have heard of this. Thank you.

[@jerryt4053]

Woe to those who devise wickedness , And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. Micah 2:1

[@A_Smart_Donkey]

If the FCC had guns Like the IRS does maybe people would be a little bit less willing to break the law

[@lamars2486]

Wow ... thats what the STINGRAY USES, isn't it???? This hasn't happened since the late 1990s.

[@HappyWolfe]

Thank you very much for this highly important information!❤️‍🔥 Honestly and truly this should have just popped up in my Google news feed or etc. But no, they're all way too busy hating on former Presidents, and touting failed social and economic policies to bother with giving me actual useful information. God bless you all.

[@jayworldjs]

I just did it on my Android phone I went to my network settings and went down to network being used and changed it from 5G LTE 3G 2G recommended to just 5G LTE.

[@NathanZSolomon]

One way to overcome this on an iPhone is to A) use your WiFi at home to do all of your calls or data work. Turn off your Cellular data B) When out and you need to access data, turn your cellular data back on only for the apps you'll use. If a text message comes in, delete it, unless you know the person and block it. Same with any phone calls you receive. Since I'm home for most of the day, this works for me. For those more "out and about", this will be too much of a pain.

[@Zacht1980]

1:33 - Apple will sell this as a new feature for the next i-phone, the ability to turn off 2G!

[@--JD--]

Google just doesn't like competition... 😉

[@1ihws]

And ain’t that the truth!

[@stumpingrimy1686]

correct me if I'm wrong - this doesn't seem like a problem. smartphones wouldn't connect to 2G unless you were in the middle of nowhere... also scam texts still make their way through regardless. you just gotta be cautious.

[@TechHowden]

Modern phones will still connect to a 2G signal if it's stronger than the regular towers. This device simulate a fake roaming network that your phone will auto connect to if you're nearby since it's stronger.

[@805Tyrone]

This is technology from our own law enforcement...known for 10 years atleast...stingray

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Evidence or just throwing out accusations w zero proof typically of trolls

[@TechHowden]

@@Tad-For-Global-Peace exactly, it's not a stingray. Just an open source 2G transmitter that anyone can buy.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Tech, this Fox News media deleted by comment bc I called out a commenter’s antigovernment rhetoric. Apparently faux doesn’t like people pointing out antigovernment comments from trolls. Right on par w Faux News. ( They will suppress this comment too I bet. )

[@Fivemacs]

​@@TechHowdenliterally the same concept.

[@signoresummers]

They also use it to patch into your phone to listen as well. When that happens, reset network settings immediately.

[@christianwolf68]

the first step into stopping scammers, is to pass a law against collecting and selling data

[@kellykwongali]

Yes.

[@TechHowden]

That by definition won't stop scammers since they don't care about the laws either way

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

There's already plenty of laws against that. 🙄 Just like a "no firearms allowed" sign won't stop a criminal from bringing in a gun, lawbreakers are called that _because they break the law._

[@Handfulofhandsomeness]

Why did I switch to apple… 🤦‍♂️

[@stevenlouis1024]

Its a stingray. Those are highly illegal but we used it in our investigation team all the time uh hummmm. But hey the Carrier shall easily detect it but also be carefully for those who are in the rural areas, the cell providers have been reducing their coverage on purpose so people like us use cell extenders and if this gets publicity in the wrong way, there goes all cell extenders in the United States.

[@SycaShow]

iPhone automatically turns WiFi and Bluetooth on all the time 🤦🏻‍♂️ kills my battery I hate it

[@TheTraveler33]

It shouldn't be doing that. Mine doesn't. Do some research online to see what's going on.

[@dmgfoto4508]

Mine never turns neither on unless I turn them on. That's no good!

[@elinope4745]

It's about time that the people have access to this stuff too. Helps you root out the people doing it to you.

[@stevefritz5182]

I hate that there are people who work that hard to be crooks. Why are we not effectively teaching ethics in our society? People will say it was when we took God out of schools but it has to be bigger than that.

[@JayRosenthal-wz7vm]

Well, when the household was able to support itself from one income per family, there was the ability to take time to raise your kid 'right' . Then, by the 80s, and the progression of extreme consumerism, the TV was raising the kids most days. Now, people work too damn much or not at all, and no one is raising the kids (if there are any) Slow, corporate -backed , societal decline . Also, the turn away of the idea of shared values and the lean into extreme individualism. Many factors.

[@stevefritz5182]

Ah... Capitalism is evil. Now I get it. We need more social order.

[@ThorinOakenshieldGSD2023]

So, what happened to the instructions?

[@RideRedRacer]

And Apple keeps advertising that they are the most secure phones lmfao.. apple is such a joke

[@TheTraveler33]

Hey Einstein, as of now, this works on ALL phones. I am quite familiar with coding and internet security. I don't think this can even be fixed from the phone end. Blaming apple for this is like blaming a fork for you getting shocked when you stick it in an electric socket. Do NOT believe the false info they are giving you here.

[@RideRedRacer]

@@TheTraveler33 I'm not blaming apple. I'm saying apple KEEPS advertising that they are secure and private. Comprehension is hard for you i see

[@ryudious]

Has nothing to do with Apple. Only if they don't fix the issue. It's the cell tower manufacturers

[@TheTraveler33]

@@RideRedRacer Comprehension? Do you not know that this is NOT a "secure and private" issue on the phone itself? If this can even be fixed, it will need to be done by the cell phone tower owners in conjunction with cell phone service providers. Literally everyone BUT the cell phone makers. You really shouldn't dip your feet into something you are this clueless about. You are just parroting what you heard in this video. You didn't even know about this until now. I knew about it 15 years ago.

[@RideRedRacer]

@@TheTraveler33 ok you still don't get what I'm saying. Keep arguing like a child

[@Wiggleswithgiggles]

Google is one to talk about scams....🙄

[@andrewliu2526]

Yeah good luck Apple coming up with a fix anytime soon. They are Notorious to come out with a feature decades after Android had it.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Can you turn off news and ads coming to your phone w an android? I feel like Google stops you from turning these kinds of things off I get zero spam about news etc on my iPhone but to be honest I miss the flip phones where I can go out without all this stuff in my phone

[@MotFPS]

I like how the reporter has to shill for apple with some random comments that "apple could patch this in the future" but where did her get that info? He pulled it out of his ass. Yellow journalism, no matter how innocent or small it's wrong and should be called out.

[@MoparMarty814]

The government has been doing this for years.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Oh stop your anti government propaganda, you foreign paid troll with a goal to destabilize USA.

[@TechHowden]

Governments have better things to do than sending out spam links to a few hundred people at a time.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Stop with the antigovernment propaganda.

[@LyricsQuest]

@@TechHowden Like targeting citizens.

[@stumpingrimy1686]

unless you are trying to dial 911 from a remote area, why would your phone connect to 2g?

[@STVYT]

Some commenters are claiming that the iPhone will connect to the strongest signal but I’m not 100% convinced of that. Carriers want you to see 5G and be excited. Period my understanding is it prioritizes the highest technology until that is not available and then falls back to LTE and then falls back to the next etc

[@mulemule]

*Fix For iPhones: **_Never click a link in an SMS message unless you are absolutely sure you know who it comes from._* *(Warning: This is esp. tough because it requires **_pausing_** (not panicking) and using the common sense God gave you.)*

[@jamesmurphy449]

*There are no protections in the cellular network* from spam. What is this reporter smoking?

[@MilesAndCounting]

I’ve been screaming about this for over 5 years- likely longer!

[@TheTraveler33]

What do you mean, the video just now came out, you could NOT have known! Lol. Just kidding. Yeah, I first heard about the Stingray devices that cops were using about 15 years ago. This is like hearing about an 8 track player as being a new idea to people. It's little wonder the prisons are packed with people who went down because of cell phone usage.

[@MilesAndCounting]

@@TheTraveler33 especially when the user of the Stingray can program the “cell tower” location etc, but a SCOTUS case took care of that.

[@TheTraveler33]

@@MilesAndCounting Lol. Yeah, the scotus ruling stopped them from using it as much as election laws have prevented the left from cheating.

[@joralemonvirgincreche]

My Android doesn't have an option to disable 2G. It only has a toggle for Smart 5G and 4G. Does that mean I'm safe?

[@BobG127]

So,. Google is kind enough to offer advice on how to defeat old-technology scammers... How about offering us a way to defeat Google's own algorithms so that we can see what they may be hiding from us?

[@SusanC147]

Seems a simple solution for iphone is to set your phone to always ask before connecting to unknown networks. If this simple solution works it should've been mentioned

[@__simply_April__]

Where do you find these? For education purposes 😭😭😭😭😭😊

[@ThisNameRules]

Just adjust your setting to not automatically connect? So simple to fix.

[@mykula780]

It's mimicking a cell phone tower your phone will automatically connect to it if it's close to it

[@oyajiblues]

i would think you can just turn off cellular while walking around. Only use it for a call.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Yep and airport mode

[@rickslick69420]

Yikes! I've been there and i must say i hate getting blasted by strangers most of the time, especially from behind.

[@Not_cee]

Wat if you dont pay for cell phone service?

[@kskeel1124]

Who is building these?

[@Pitchoo973]

I am waiting someone having a SMS blister for 5g 😂😂

[@ybkbanzai2782]

Wait my cellular network provider is supposed to filter out spam calls and texts?

[@skullgittorocks3727]

That's it. We need to go back when there were no wifi and cell phones. These scams are getting out of control .

[@CeeRCeen2024]

Mini cell towers!!! They are just now warning us about this! What about our cellular hotspots?!! This is crazy!

[@DemarcusQ]

Oh but we can just buy it like it’s a jewelry box 🤦‍♂️

[@r.carter8378]

Where's the link to the instructions?

[@ShelbyBanditNFS]

Nice job Samsung for not thinking about this idea!!

[@geniferteal4178]

Is a scam text the only thing this can do? If you connect to it, it would seem to have more abilities.

[@StephanChasse]

Technology is growing so fast.