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I've seen this same argument about cellular modems too, and that, too, has never prevented people from reverse engineering them.
by grishka 6y ago
I've seen this same argument about cellular modems too, and that, too, has never prevented people from reverse engineering them.
- BelenusMordred 6y agoIn a very limited set of mobile baseband radio chips, it's a massive undertaking. All that's around is OsmocomBB(A few 3G chipsets) and FreeCalypso(One discontinued Texas Instruments 2G chip), both of which I believe were built off leaked code. The main developer behind FreeCalypso has found a Chinese supplier still producing the TI chips though, so it lives on.
- fragileone 5y agoDo you know anything about the future open-source modems? Most promising project I've seen is working on the PinePhone modem https://linuxsmartphones.com/hackers-develop-open-source-firmware-for-the-pinephone-modem-use-it-to-make-phone-calls/ https://linuxsmartphones.com/hackers-develop-open-source-fir...