Question is, does avast mobile security protect us against this form of snooping?
Wit all the growing capability and capacity in global end-user surveillance, this seems no luxury.

Or do we need special apps like for instance: Fake Hotspot Detector?

Read about the subject:: https://hackaday.com/2016/08/09/how-to-detect-and-find-rogue-cell-towers/

Have a good seasonal holiday, ye all,

polonus

Hi Polonus,
unfortunately no, so far we don’t protect against this form of threat.