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I'd love to see a forensic level reverse engineering/technical audit of the Nexus 6P hardware. In reality Chinese intelligence likely wasn't stupid enough to t
by rl3 7y ago
I'd love to see a forensic level reverse engineering/technical audit of the Nexus 6P hardware.
In reality Chinese intelligence likely wasn't stupid enough to try anything there, but I often wonder how many eyes Google had on hardware security for that project considering it was Huawei making their flagship phone at the time.
I also wonder if there were any NSA efforts to tear the thing apart, since they are likely better qualified and have more experience in that realm.
- StavrosK 7y agoWhy is China so likely to bug the phone but the NSA isn't?
- xparco 7y agoBecause most people here are debt dorks with cognitive dissonance and doublethink
- rl3 7y ago>Why is China so likely to bug the phone but the NSA isn't? Nowhere did I touch on the probability of the NSA bugging anything. Nor did I state it was likely that the Chinese would have placed a backdoor in the Nexus 6P. On the contrary, I think you misread my comment.
- roca 7y agoEven if the NSA backdoors phones, you have to consider which government you trust more. The US government isn't great but China's is far worse.
- Barrin92 7y agoI'm European with a huawei phone and I don't trust either side a lot, but it's the US gov. who spied on my country's officials from their own embassy a few years ago and it always seems to be the American gov. that somehow ends up bullying someone around. I don't pretend that the Chinese have any better intentions but they're long term greedy enough to not accidentally brick my phone because Google can't ship updates to it any more. If I actually lose functionality on my phone because the US government pressures Google into doing things that affects European consumers I'll be pretty pissed.
- A2017U1 7y agoI'm far more likely to be a 5eyes whistleblower or activist than Chinese whistleblower. Assume most people commenting here are in the same boat. Pretty clear cut.
- StavrosK 7y agoYeah, exactly. I've never been to China but I work in and visit the US frequently. I'd take China any day.
- roca 7y agoIt's difficult to do a thorough audit even if you trust the chip layout as designed. Effectively impossible if you don't. http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/543048/26931843/1464016046717/A2_SP_2016.pdf?token=N4pJSSoqL4kE4V4JXpTwx7qDRX4%3D http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/543048/26931843/146401...