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Notified while in Airplane Mode

Added by Air Yes 13 days ago

A 'You are connected to a secure network' notification by Privacy Cell app pops up for 2nd time in last hour since it has been installed. But the device is in airplane mode, with no sim card ever installed. In the app it says device does not appear to be connected. See log if it helps.

Privacy Cell log _ MSCEKR 205e5b03bbba.txt (37.8 KB) Privacy Cell log _ MSCEKR 205e5b03bbba.txt

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RE: Notified while in Airplane Mode - Added by Soren Stoutner 13 days ago

The cell log is not very helpful in this case. It really is only helpful in determining the cause of a crash. It is specifically designed not to log anything about your cell phone connection.

What you want in this case is a screenshot of the network connections. These are what determines if the connection is secure or not. For example, see the attached screenshot showing a NR-5G connection, which is marked as secure.

Note that Privacy Cell also considers no connection to be secure, because there is no way that anyone can perform an IMSI stingray attack on your device if it has no connection, like in airplane mode. It would be possible to create a separate notification channel for "no connection" vs. "secure connection", but for what Privacy Cell is trying to accomplish they end up being the same thing.

Secure Connection.png (169 KB) Secure Connection.png
Secure Connection.png

RE: Notified while in Airplane Mode - Added by Air Yes 12 days ago

"Privacy Cell also considers no connection to be secure"

This resolves my inquiry in full thank you.

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