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When I need to replace my phone, how to I make sure my next one has never entered Chinese-controlled territory at any stage of its manufacture—including all its
by leephillips 5y ago
When I need to replace my phone, how to I make sure my next one has never entered Chinese-controlled territory at any stage of its manufacture—including all its components?
- mnd999 5y agoYou can’t.
- Engineering-MD 5y agoCan you instead verify that each component is uncorrupted, a hardware hash function if you will? Looking at density, centre of gravity, weight, appearance, and/or radiographic imaging?
- judge2020 5y agoYou'd have to verify the electrons match a specific known-good structure since a targeted attack is likely to simply modify the bits on the components (as in, a custom manufacturer-conspired/factory worker-conspired firmware) instead of swapping the components out.
- 3r8Oltr0ziouVDM 5y agohttps://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5-usa https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5-usa ?
- leephillips 5y ago$1,999: the cost of telephonic security. Looks good.
- mjevans 5y agoPick a world superpower or megacorp that shares your paranoia, work for them and use their gear. Though it won't be your phone...
- leephillips 5y agoI used to but I’m retired. Do you really think it’s paranoia?
- mjevans 5y agoIn this case I'm thinking in the perspective the mass of average consumers would say someone is thinking. To them a realistic threat model assessment would be 'paranoia' (people are out to get you). The intent was to use a single word to convey most of a complex intent, without diluting the message trying to express nuance that is better left to the reader to evaluate.