57 comments into this thread and not one mention of the string "baseband". Surprising, as that is far and away the most interesting thing that could happen in

57 comments into this thread and not one mention of the string "baseband". Surprising, as that is far and away the most interesting thing that could happen in this space, and it continues to not happen. Depending on the phone and the implementation of the baseband firmware, your carrier could have as deep as DMA access to that computer in your hand. Osmocom is interesting, but it is 2G only, works (almost) exclusively on euro-GSM handsets, and is barely making calls at this point. This (the op) is all very interesting, but all that matters is getting an open baseband firmware that you can protect from the carrier.