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the claims on this link to the CopperheadOS reddit post dismisses the importance of baseband security which is pretty insane. The baseband is permanently attac
by DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
the claims on this link to the CopperheadOS reddit post dismisses the importance of baseband security which is pretty insane.
The baseband is permanently attached to a public network. Not having control over whether that connection actually is up is a huge security hole. The entire baseband software stack runs in supervisor mode. There are no non-executable pages, there's no stack protection.
EDIT-1: Qualcomm baseband chips have location tracking baked in. Even with a clean OS and no tracking apps, the baseband does it. The tracking data is commercially available: https://web.archive.org/web/20180514003056/https://www.qualcomm.com/products/izat https://web.archive.org/web/20180514003056/https://www.qualc...