> back door in the phone operating systems If there is a generic backdoor it's certainly not in the OS but rather in the modems firmware. The scary part is tha

> back door in the phone operating systems If there is a generic backdoor it's certainly not in the OS but rather in the modems firmware. The scary part is that all modem manufacturers are based in countrys that are known to violate human rights in organized ways. > What you’re suggesting is certainly possible, but the idea that it’s been rolled out to the average person doesn’t seem likely. It's a known fact that government agencys of certain states hack devices of people they target. An "average person" is still affected by this since they can be targeted "by accident" for multiple reasons. (e.g. through friends, being at suspicious locations, wrong vacation destination etc.) So it doesn't even matter if a device is backdoored.