It’s my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we’re paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.

  • Boinketh@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    They worked with OS developers, certainly. My phone says it’s “verifying” for a sec before it fails.

    • MigratingApe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      They detect lower than usual TTL of packets coming from your mobile device when it routes packets during tethering. They might also set TTL to 1 to packets going from internet to your mobile, so they get dropped instead of being forwarded further. You would need to plug the SIM card into your own modem+router combo with TTL modification rules in place to avoid detection. But then they might just block your modem by checking IMEI…

      • Boinketh@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        Or we could cut their cocks off have a very nice chat with them about the ethics of taking advantage of consumers.

      • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Is that actually it? So could software be written to just +1 TTL on incoming and -1 on outgoing packets and then problem solved?

        You would need pretty low level access so that comes around to custom rom again…

        You can spoof MACs so couldn’t you spoof a IMEI as well? Theoretically speaking, not on your bog standard $2 ISP modem

      • TheEntity@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        “Yes but actually no.” If they can get a custom ROM flashed, yes. But it’s very likely everything is just locked down, so it’s not an option.

    • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Back in college, we would use a hotspot on someone’s phone (with mobile data off) as a WiFi router to play LAN games.

      I just checked my Pixel 6a and it doesn’t let me do that.

      Thank you, smooth-brained developers at Google. I love not being able to do what I want with my purchased device.

        • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          It’s Google.

          I think there’s a misunderstanding. I was trying to convey in my previous comment that Google does not allow me to create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off.

          I put my SIM in my backup phone, a OnePlus Nord N10, to prove it to you. I can create a hotspot with my mobile data turned off on it.

          I can’t do so on my Pixel 6a.

          EDIT: Apparently it’s working for others on Pixels. See this comment further below in the chain. Not sure why its disabled for me.

          • shitwolves@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Did you buy your Pixel directly from Google? If you got it from your cell carrier, they probably have the option to lock certain settings. I have a Pixel 5a from Google and I can tether all I want.

            • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Bought from the Google Store. Running Android 13.

              Which Android version are you on? And just to confirm, you’re trying tethering with your mobile data off, right?

                • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Interesting. Guess it really is the mobile carrier enforcing that much control over my device.

                  This sucks.