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Most modern phones have signed firmware for everything, so the FBI would have to go to the manufacturer and court order them to hand over the signing key. Or ta
by ActorNightly 4y ago
Most modern phones have signed firmware for everything, so the FBI would have to go to the manufacturer and court order them to hand over the signing key. Or take advantage of a leaked key.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoWhat I meant was chips are increasingly being isolated at the hardware level so that they cannot access other peripherals directly. This would make them resistant to compromised firmware attacks. People are discussing that in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33958252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33958252 It looks like the implementation isn't perfect yet but it's a start.
- autoexec 4y agoI really wouldn't be surprised if some three letter agency hasn't shown up to every one of the major chip manufactures out there and forced them to install backdoors for them.
- azeemh 4y agointel's ime is a perfect example