• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    That would require a subscription to a 5G carrier, which would be crazy expensive here.

    I can’t remember which brands, but some have been found to connect to any open wifi network to do it.

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      5 months ago

      They basically did the same thing several decades ago with Kindles and whispernet. It’s not really that crazy.

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        5 months ago

        Sure, but that required a partnership with carriers for a legitimate use. I hope none of the carriers would allow use of their networks for things that don’t need it, but who knows?

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          5 months ago

          You’re right. They care about our privacy and would never do anything to sully that trust. Certainly not through a partnership with an electronics manufacturer that pays them to do it…

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            5 months ago

            That’s a good expansion of what I meant by “who knows…?”

            Maybe there needs to be laws in place to prevent devices that don’t need it from having 5G access. 🤷🏻‍♂️