there is not a phone on the market that does not have a locked down and 100% proprietary baseband firmware (basically the part of the phone that does the actual

there is not a phone on the market that does not have a locked down and 100% proprietary baseband firmware (basically the part of the phone that does the actual celltower signalling/interactions). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseband_processor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseband_processor There is strong indications this is used to essentially pre-empt/backdoor the main OS for monitoring and surveylance purposes, and many models suffer from serious security weaknesses. http://www.zdnet.com/news/fbi-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdropping-tool/150467 http://www.zdnet.com/news/fbi-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdr... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_listening_device#Remotely_activated_mobile_phone_microphones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_listening_device#Remotel... http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mobile-attacks-reign-black-hat-dc-012011 http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mobile-attacks-reign-black...