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ng55QPSK
1387 days ago
You just explained the TMSI - something that was used since GSM networks in the early 90s
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im3w1l
1387 days ago
Good guess, but tmsi is to protect you from eavesdroppers, not from the mobile tower.
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ng55QPSK
1387 days ago
Well, you're invited to join research on network ... because it's impossible to hide your ID from your access network. Tor and similar can hide your ID in transport, but that's no option in RAN.
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