McAfee Security para T-Mobile
My phone was stolen in Europe two weeks ago. I got a new phone through the warranty waiting for me at home in the US. So I want to make sure that Find My Phone through theMcAfee Security for T-Mobile service that I am paying for is still working as I setup my replacement phone. I login on my laptom to Mcafee.com and it says that myMcAfee Security for T-Mobile was cancelled. Rats. I call T-Mobile, they confirm it wasn't cancelled. I go to the store so they can look, and the store T-Mobile people confirm that myMcAfee Security for T-Mobile is NOT cancelled. I call Mcafee several times and they say T-Mobile cancelled my subscription. I ask for elevation of the case; nothing. I call back and curse at them; finally, someone from Mcafee calls back and they are elevating it. Are you kidding me? To make it worse, theMcAfee Security for T-Mobile app on my phone says: "if you want to find your phone, click here." Is this real? Am I alive and well, or just a zombie already? Good God. What the heck are we supposed to do? Are we paying for this insanity?
T-mobile wingman/Managed wifi settings on iPhone
Why do I have two managed wifi settings on my IPhone? When I remove the SIM card they disappear. There is no way to delete them nor forget network.Every time Ireset network settings they reset to auto-connect? I have extracted the script of one of the managed settings and its concerning it contains the verbiage to bypass MAC randomization, create a captive portal, and hide it from me the user?
T-Mobile users are not receiving MFA SMS messages sent via Twilio
A client of mine uses Twilio to send security codes out to their members, and they're reporting an increasing number of T-Mobile users who aren't receiving the texts or phone calls. This has been an issue in the past allegedly (I just got moved to this client's team recently), but it's picked up in frequency this past week. I've seen other threads that suggest the messages may be getting blocked, and we've confirmed that we're in compliance on Twilio's side. Can anyone provide me with some assistance or direction on what we can do here? I am happy to provide more information, just let me know if you need additional details. Thank you! Ian
Help! Device Manager is auto-iinstalling apps from ads
This is happening on the S24 Some games from google play have ads that auto download applications. I traced it back toT-Mobile's Device Manager allowing malicious ads to auto install applications. That's right, just watching the ad downloads an app. T-mobile has made it impossible to disable this app. I am fearful of this massive security hole. I am scared of malicious apps being downloaded. I have seen other complaints over the last few months What can I do fix this major security hole?Is TM Home Internet going to work for me?
I'm seeing lots of problems so getting concerned about this product (which hasn't been delivered yet). All I needed is internet access at a house so I can install Ring or Blink etc for security I can monitor from phone. I will be 2k miles away from the house. I was told this would be a good solution but if the service is intermittent I'm wondering if it will restart properly without human intervention from me. Amy suggestions? Also I think most of those security devices are on 2.4.Why is the Home Internet Gateway functionality crippled?
I have ArcadyanKVD21, and while I am thoroughly impressed with the speeds from the device on the T-Mobile 5G network, I am disgusted by the lack of any ability to properly manage & (more importantly)secure thisdevice. This trade between speed and security is insulting and offensive to me as a technologically adeptSecurity professional, andexacerbatedby the fact thatT-Mobile continues to fail when tasked with protecting user account PII data. The inability to perform certain key functions completely disappoints me. Below are the primary issues and concerns,which *MUST* be resolved to keep me as a customer: Cannot perform setup /administrativetasks via wired interface. Current (internal)web interface only offers a "basic" informational portal. Cannot completely disable (turn off) WiFi, (likely due to the above). What (few) administrative tasks that are available, requires:download &installation of a worthless"mobile app", which also requires the device be connected to the local WiFi network. Current administrative functions are limited to 3 tasks,changingthe:administrative password, WiFi password, orname of the WiFi SSID. T-Mobile Internet app losesany/allfunctionalitybeyond the local network. If the gateway is connected to the internet, and the device with the app is as well, then there should be no valid reason to require "local" access, especially if the next point is true… As this prevents a parental/guardianauthority from managing the device while travelingoroutside the home (at work). T-Mobile app does not permit multiple instances of the app to be logged in with the same account/credentials. (per T-Mobile technical rep) What absolutely perplexes me is that many (if not all) of these points DID NOT EXIST when I reviewed an earlydevice around one (1)yearago… So why "cripple" the functionality?!?
How secure is T-mobile's service? Is it encrypted?
How secure is T-mobile's service? Is packet sniffing or a man in the middle attack possible on the T-mobile network? I know that most ISPs have a good idea of what a user does on their network. You can typically just use a VPN to enable more anonymity online. But from the signal between a device and the cell tower i'm guessing there can be multiple security issues. Lets say I login to my T-mobile account or bank account. And someone has set up a repeater or fake signal that my phone connects to thinking its the T-mobile service. Would that person be able to see the data being transferred over the network. Or is the signal my phone sends out encrypted not allowing for this to happen. Devices like the 4G LTE Cellspot connects to a customers own router and allows them to broadcast a T-mobile signal using their home internet. Are people that own this device able to see data and traffic from my phone? They could possible configure their router maliciously to look at all traffic coming from a 4G LTE Cellspot device with unsuspecting T-mobile customer connecting to it thinking its connected directly to a cell tower. Another way this device can be abused is the person can limit their bandwidth to the device to unusable speeds but all phones around it will still connect to it because its the strongest T-mobile signal. This would degrade the service and make the T-mobile service around that device practically unusable. I swear I'm not paranoid. Just a student studying security and these questions came to mind. Gracias.
Defunct advice on today's T-Mobile Data Breach page?
Is anyone able to actually sign up for "Account Takeover Protection"? Today's data breach pagesuggests that postpaid customers can enable "Account Takeover Protection" to prevent unauthorized phone number porting: The "See how" link goes to "Account Takeover Protection by T-Mobile" which has a button at the bottom to "Add Account Takeover Protection": That button unfortunately goes to a page that says "This feature is no longer available." Did they seriously not review this when setting up that data breach page?
