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

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 not connect. The phone was new, unopened, and sitting on a lab bench the entire time. The team…

Summary written for cymesh.dev. The full article lives at Help Net Security.