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> "And what do you worry about regarding the hardware if I may ask? That there is some way the hardware bypases the software running on the device and send out
by daneel_w 4y ago
> "And what do you worry about regarding the hardware if I may ask? That there is some way the hardware bypases the software running on the device and send out information?"
Yes, the firmware.
- _N0x 4y agoSorry if that came of wrong. It was a genuine question. I don't quite know what is the alternative to putting some trust into either google devices and an OS like graphene or not owning a phone in the first place. Since I imagine if googles firmware bypasses things that every other chip manufacturer does the same. Wouldn't that be discovered quite quickly by security folks? As in noticing stuff being send on the network that is not expected?
- daneel_w 4y agoIt has been discovered before. As an example, a few years back someone found out that some Android phones' cellular modems were passively collecting base tower information when the phone was turned off, and then uploading it to Google when the phone came back online. The software portion responsible for doing it was Google's. I don't have any links to the articles covering this, but it ended up being quite a big deal, especially in relation to privacy/integrity laws in the EU.