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NSA-proof iPhone calls to dead anarchists
Jules Bonnot, Clement Duval, Makhno, Proudhon... If only we could give Emma a call...
- pliptvo 12y agoBoonot, Duval, Proudhon, Makhno... if only we could give Goldman a shout...
- templeos2 12y agoI made God's temple. It's only time before you suck my dick.
- mschuster91 12y agoFunny how everyone believes software could solve the problem. Exploit the baseband and route out cleartext audio. Most certainly the NSA is capable of this.
- petermonsson 12y agoThis requires the baseband processor to have control over the audio codec which it may or may not have based on the phone that you have. Of the baseband processor has direct i2c/spi and direct i2s access then, yes, it is possible. If it doesn't, then RCE on the baseband processor is defeated with Signal.
- mschuster91 12y agoSome baseband processors have DMA, rendering all protection useless.
- Strilanc 12y agoThe overzealous HN title will no doubt be updated shortly (currently says "NSA-proof iPhone calls to dead anarchists", should say "Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone". I highly doubt Moxie / WhisperSystems thinks this "solves" the problem, as opposed to reducing attack surface in important ways. RedPhone and Signal address an important part of the convenience-vs-security pareto curve. Tapping communication lines is a whole lot easier, and harder to detect, than exploiting hardware.
- tedunangst 12y agoBut if they change the title, people might recognize it as a dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103556