Timeline for Does disabling WiFi and mobile data make my phone impossible to hack online?
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| Dec 24, 2017 at 6:12 | comment | added | Steffen Ullrich | @forest: You are correct that it requires the phone number. But I think it is likely that contact information are shared. And it is probably also more likely that somebody at the security conference will try such a hack than at some other events. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 6:07 | history | edited | Steffen Ullrich | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2017 at 5:58 | comment | added | forest | @SteffenUllrich A bug over MMS isn't going to be more or less likely to occur at a security con like DC unless you give out your number. This is more of an answer to whether or not remote exploitation is ever possible, not the security implications of this specific question. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 5:54 | comment | added | Steffen Ullrich | @SergeBallesta: you are right that MMS needs mobile data for delivery. This means that the exploit can still be sent but it will only be active later once the OP feels safe again and left the dangerous environment and turns mobile data on again. I've edited my answer accordingly. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 5:52 | history | edited | Steffen Ullrich | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2017 at 0:50 | comment | added | Ismael Miguel | @SergeBallesta Actually, I believe you do. You can receive an MMS over GSM/GPRS, if I'm not mistaken. | |
| Dec 23, 2017 at 16:18 | comment | added | Serge Ballesta | AFAIK, Stagefright uses a crafted MMS and MMS are not delivered when both mobile data and WiFi are off. | |
| Dec 23, 2017 at 15:12 | comment | added | Ismael Miguel | And even then, one could have physical access to your phone and just use an USB-OTG cable and game over. | |
| Dec 23, 2017 at 13:03 | history | answered | Steffen Ullrich | CC BY-SA 3.0 |