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I think, that it's not that anonymous. Weak spots: 1. I wouldn't recommend buying used devices, you don't know what has been done with the device, what's runn
by ynezz 11y ago
I think, that it's not that anonymous.
Weak spots:
1. I wouldn't recommend buying used devices, you don't know what has been done with the device, what's running there, even if you reflash it from scratch. Try to buy somehow (anonymously) device in still original and sealed packaging.
2. One would need to first install modified AOSP/CyanogenMod with patched core libraries/apps/services to return fake/random values for device serial number, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses. Otherwise some of the apps might leak this information over the air, even in clear text form.
3. You need to remove or somehow power off the GSM baseband, otherwise you can still be tracked.
I'm not an expert in this area, so there might be a lot other missing weak spots in this guide.
- blkhawk 11y ago1. the chances that a random old device you bought at a fleamarket with cash is pre-loaded with an attack package thats targeted to you is low. Lower than say ordering a phone in its "originaly sealed" package. Since Snowden we know that Hardware is intercepted and modified. I am sure the package looks sealed afterwards. 2.Installing a ROM without the normal Google apps is something that is beneficial for this application. 3. in all the android phones i have taken apart the various antennas are easy to identify and remove. they are part of the back shell and can be peeled off or are sitting on their own little module that can be left out of the phone.
- dayon 11y agoRegarding #3, what about putting the phone into airplane mode and keeping WIFI on? Wouldn't airplane mode disable the baseband?
- chadzawistowski 11y agoPossibly... but you have to trust that the software is doing what you told it to. A hardware killswitch would be far more trustable.