If your web browser has to authenticate web sites it connects to, why can't your phone authenticate cellular towers it connects to? Can't this be baked into the protocol?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-toronto-police-charge-three-in-sms-blaster-scam-text-operation/
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