♻️ 🤘🏼 🦔 5G security 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏻 👩‍⚕️ 😿

One of the hottest topics lately is whether 5G is safe for human health. However, this article will not talk about this at all, but about the security architecture of this network. How reliable are the technologies hidden inside?

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