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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.Re: Is my neighbor's 4G LTE Cellspot degrading my service?
Thank you for the detailed answers. So from what was said, I think this is exactly the issue. Someone close to me in my apartment building is using a 4G LTE Cellspot device to broadcast a T-mobile signal using their own home internet. And because I know that internet service is already spotty and unreliable with high ping and slow speeds in my building. My phone is connecting to this device because its only looking for the strongest signal. And is degrading my service and affecting my call quality. My options to fix this are to enable "only 5G" which unfortunately Iphones do not support. (They allow the option to use 5G more when its the strongest signal available.) Or contact T-mobile, which I know I'm most likely to just get a run around trying things from someone just trying to do their job and get to the next conversation the quickest and it won't work or change anything in the end. The only thing that I see working is T-mobile sends a request to the Cellspot device owner to stop using the device or send it back in. Which I doubt would happen. Currently I will continue to leave my home to make calls to make sure they don't drop or have quality issues. And will look into switching services to a carrier that does not use the T-mobile service. Something unfortunate about this is other T-mobile users in my building notice that they have a strong signal and just think the service is slow. When in reality T-mobile is not the direct cause for this service degradation. I really wish T-mobile had the option to only allow users with the Cellspots devices account connect to it. Or only allow the use of a Cellspot device when they know another T-mobile customers address is a far distance apart. I cant see the Cellspot being supported for much longer. These devices only support 4G capabilities when 5G is now becoming the norm. And with wifi-calling on most smart phones this device just creates more problems than it solves.10Visto0likes0ComentariosIs my neighbor's 4G LTE Cellspot degrading my service?
For reference I live in an apartment building which has acceptable T-Mobile service as I'vegone years without any issues living here. A new neighbor hasmoved in recently,and I noticed that I havebeen experiencingworse call qualityand more calls have beendropping. Our building has a very spotty internet provider with high ping and slow upload speeds. A few things lead me to believe that my new neighborshave installed a T-Mobile 4G LTE Cellspot. I'mfamiliar with the Cellspot because my parents live in a rural area and have one in their home.In the past myphone used to display 5G service regularly, nowinstead itdisplays LTE exclusively. When stepping outside about twenty yards away from the building my 5G service returns. I also receive better speeds when running a speed test outside away from my building. Inside of my building I barely reach 40mbs down and usually below5 mbs upload speed which is important for calls and video calls. Speed and the quality of calls has never been an issue before.But only recently becauseof this I'm needingto leave my hometo make calls. It's frustrating because like I said this is a recent issue and I can pin it to something that's making it worse. I use my T-Mobile service to get away from my terrible internetto begin with. I understand that there is no way to connect to the tower directly because the Cellspot is basically a small tower itself and the phone connects there by default. ¿Cuáles son mis opciones?