The SIM and baseband have absolute control on the rest of the phone, which doesn't make sense except for enabling this kind of surveillance capability. False/pa

The SIM and baseband have absolute control on the rest of the phone, which doesn't make sense except for enabling this kind of surveillance capability. False/partial shutdowns or spontaneous wakeups of the radio portion would probably be noticed by this point, so it doesn't make sense that either would be enabled except in a targeted way.