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> Mr Snowden said GCHQ could gain access to a handset by sending it an encrypted text message and use it for such things as taking pictures and listening in. A
by daenz 11y ago
> Mr Snowden said GCHQ could gain access to a handset by sending it an encrypted text message and use it for such things as taking pictures and listening in.
Are there hardware GCHQ keys in the phone for verifying the encrypted text? I imagine there would have to be, otherwise anybody (with enough time and research) could construct one of these messages to gain control of the phone.
- noir_lord 11y ago> otherwise anybody (with enough time and research) could construct one of these messages to gain control of the phone. Which is exactly one of the strongest arguments against building backdoors into products, eventually you won't be the only one with the keys.
- mike_hearn 11y agoI suspect "encrypted text" is the result of a journalist mangling "text containing shellcode" or something like that. Obviously once they have malware in the phone itself, controlling it via encrypted / silent SMS would be a fine way to do things though.