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Use a $20 flip phone and odds are the baseband is crap enough that you could be spied on easily by someone using a cell-site simulator. Or, heck, since those $2
by nneonneo 7y ago
Use a $20 flip phone and odds are the baseband is crap enough that you could be spied on easily by someone using a cell-site simulator. Or, heck, since those $20 phones usually use 3G or below, the state-level actor you’re up against will just decrypt all your 3G transmissions directly.
I have to wonder if you’re being serious when you describe the kind of software NSO produces. It’s software to let other people take control of hardware you possess. The better analogy would be to the iOS jailbreaking folks; people aren’t generally mad at them either.
- badrabbit 7y agoAt least you can easily pull out the battery and assume your text/call is being monitored. They give you more control and less complexity but you're right on how they don't add security.
- nneonneo 7y agoNote: the grandparent comment was substantially edited to remove the references to Apple, $20 flip phones, and Doom9, which might make this and other sibling comments a little out of sync.