I’m uncertain about the whole thing now. The pictures of the equipment were certainly large scale enough that it had some sort of financial backing but the implications that they could “shut down every phone in x distance” claims are a bit rich. That’s implying they could flawlessly execute scripts on everyone’s wild hardware and firmware etc.

It’s interesting from a cyber security perspective but these days I’m just worried how someone stupid will spin this and suddenly we’re not allowed to have privacy anymore.

Edit: ig damaging tower digital infrastructure could be possible but a setup that expensive isn’t being done without looking for a profit or informational benefit I think.

Thanks for this, that NYT article stank of bullshit.