Getting a stranger’s phone kicked off the cellular network costs a few dollars

September 11, 2026 · 6:00 am 1 sources

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• Getting a stranger’s phone kicked off the cellular network costs a few dollars
  Help Net Security · September 11, 2026 06:00
  Researchers at Michigan State University and three partner schools bought a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, copied the identification number printed on the sealed box, and reported the phone to its carrier as lost. Then they opened the box and set the phone up the way a launch-day buyer would. It would…