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I use quite a silent phone since years. It's permanently in airplane mode with wifi activated. I can still chat, browse, navigate and so on. It's pretty useful.
by madez 9y ago
I use quite a silent phone since years. It's permanently in airplane mode with wifi activated. I can still chat, browse, navigate and so on. It's pretty useful.
Since we cannot secure the silicon, we need other technical means to build up trust. A devices like this is a good step in the right direction.
I don't think people with access to hardware or other backdoors would only use them only in a WW3-level crises. It's not unreasonable for journalists to defend against these threats.
- AstralStorm 9y agoYou cannot trust the WiFi chip either. In fact, I bet baseband is better on the security front than either Bluetooth or WiFi. See BroadPwn.
- madez 9y agoBut the attacker model for WLan is different than the attacker model for the modem. WLan attacks are usually more targeted and not as suitable for mass surveillance than modem based attacks/tracking. Having the modem activated let's the provider track my location all the time. That is a big no-go for me.
- Angostura 9y agoYou can at least sniff all the traffic coming in and out of wi-fi. Unless someone knows differently