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You and everyone else can own your modem. I'd rather someone not be able to install an undetectable rootkit on my phone with nothing more than an AT command...

• yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Can you even run AT commands without already having privileged access on the phone?
  • spijdar 5y ago
    I'm honestly not sure (I haven't played with modems much), but I do know that doing a clean wipe of the eMMC or an SD card is way easier than a clean wipe of your modem. It's also a fair bit harder to check for anomalous activity, although with easier shell access, maybe that mitigates both problems? To be clear, I think it's a lose/lose situation, because I want access to the modem in my pinephone, but I'd rather shell access require some kind of physical attestation (serial connection over the pogopins or something), instead of ... this.
  • entropyie 5y ago
    I believe the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile supports AT commands, and I've seen phones connect to bluetooth devices while locked... so...
    • seba_dos1 5y ago
      ...so nothing of substance is hiding there, because AT commands from Bluetooth peripherals have no way to reach the modem (they just happen to speak same-ish language the modem does).