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> Carrying a cheap android, I know I have an attacker in my pocket. You have an spy on your pocket. Cheap spy or costly, don't matter
by paulcarroty 8y ago
> Carrying a cheap android, I know I have an attacker in my pocket.
You have an spy on your pocket. Cheap spy or costly, don't matter
- sevensor 8y agoSurely it's more nuanced than that! I like the idea of my pocket-spy definitely, for sure, not being able to turn on the wifi radio because I've cut the power with a hardware switch. What worries me is that this ability might cause complacency.
- nickpsecurity 8y agoNot if they can hack it remotely with 0-days or get you to install a backdoored app. Then, they just leak the secrets out gradually or all at once when you reconnect.
- Zelmor 8y agowhat ifs
- sevensor 8y agoI suppose it depends on what information you're trying not to leak? If you're trying not to leak, say, your browser history, I'm fully in agreement with you. But if you're trying not to leak a list of wifi hotspots picked up by the wireless radio, then there's no way the phone can leak information it never had.