> The baseband processor having privileged access to the main processor may be a "feature" not a bug yes but iff with the qualifier of "in old systems, where p

> The baseband processor having privileged access to the main processor may be a "feature" not a bug yes but iff with the qualifier of "in old systems, where permissions were a tree-like state where root/uid0 could see what unpriviledged users would do - by design" It's a dated design. More separation is needed, like what was achieved for virtualization or containers (namespaces) > it's firmware is practically required by regulations to be an opaque blob That's another problem, but I think it also comes from thinking in a tree-like state system. Ideally, a device shouldn't be able to take down a well designed network: if you plug a bad appliance in your AC, it will not crash the power grub: it'll just trip a fuse.