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Meanwhile, about four posts down on the same HN front page is an article announcing Check Point just uncovered about 400 hardware exploits affecting Snapdragon
by jimmySixDOF 6y ago
Meanwhile, about four posts down on the same HN front page is an article announcing Check Point just uncovered about 400 hardware exploits affecting Snapdragon chipsets so even after bulletproofing the OS you still have a zero trust environment and imho we best either get used to that or switch back to pen and paper processing.
[1] Snapdragon chip flaws put 1B Android phones at risk of data theft - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24092545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24092545
- deeblering4 6y agoCame here to mention this as well. Really negates the security benefit to running a specific type of hardware. A design is only considered secure until we realize that it isn’t. And who can say that these vulnerabilities weren't being exploited before being disclosed to the public? In my opinion choosing to have a smartphone in itself means accepting a degree of privacy loss of and risk if security issues in one form or another. Phones are a big attack surface, and no design is perfect.