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Glass Antenna Turns Windows Into 5G Base Stations - IEEE Spectrum (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 2 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Believe or not, still won't be getting the mythical 1gbps

What is the actual benefit of 5g besides draining phone battery faster than LTE?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

5G has some security improvements, making it harder to track and spoof people's phones. It also supposedly offers lower latencies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, actually, 5G was weakened so they could still spy.

[–] raldone01 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Can you provide some sources that support this claim?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Weird, there was a huge hubub in german tech news at that time but now i only find hints and references, like how secret services were part of the boards, etc., while englisch terms search only spits garbage.

Well, here's about weaknesses in 5G, like downgrade & stingray attaks etc.

https://www.wired.com/story/5g-more-secure-4g-except-when-not/

https://www.wired.com/story/5g-network-stingray-surveillance-non-standalone/

https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/2858984/nsa-and-cisa-publish-third-installment-of-5g-cybersecurity-guidance/

https://www.a10networks.com/de/blog/gtp-remains-a-5g-security-threat-as-operators-transition-to-5g/

And (german) about the boards, that maybe end-to-end in 6G.

https://www.heise.de/news/Verschluesselung-in-5G-Das-Rennen-ist-verloren-4440605.html

edit: finally found some more direct hints (german)

https://www.gdata.de/blog/gea-1-verschluesselung-gprs-bewusst-geschwaecht?srsltid=AfmBOorem1tMLnbfR-07YchQk5h7RNeyMgw9rl6YerDBqmMk1MfFEQ4f

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this improvement enough to justify massive expense taxpayers incurred to fund telcos CapEx?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It also reuses old 2G/3G bands to allow much much higher throughput and therefore more customers per band

[–] TheRealKuni 2 points 2 months ago

What is the actual benefit of 5g besides draining phone battery faster than LTE?

Midband 5G seriously outperforms LTE in my experience. And as radios have matured battery drain has gotten significantly better (which is exactly what happened with LTE radios when we all left HSPA+ behind).

When I had an older 5G phone without midband signal and an early radio, I just left the 5G off. But now I get annoyed if I only have LTE.

[–] Zeoic 1 points 2 months ago

I get ~800Mbps download speed on 5g at home. Maybe your area just didn't invest in 5g all that much?