[ryan-c]

People do routinely screw with the cell phone networks there. Here's what happened to my burner phone this year: https://twitter.com/ryancdotorg/status/891558627986751492

I'd tried to force the phone to LTE only, but I'm not sure whether it worked.

[mercwear]

Yep. There were several fake towers setup that would allow man in the middle attacks for phones / networks that were insecure.

[soft_serve]

Exactly. I don't think the guy who said "nobody uses a burner phone" has ever been to DEFCON. And given that phones cost $10.00 why not?

If people are on iPhones, they're on their old one.

[willstrafach]

> And given that phones cost $10.00 why not?

Because most burner phones use 2G or maybe 3G, both significantly weaker than LTE.