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	richardski	2013-12-30 , 09:35
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Originally Posted by joerg_rw

You'll have a hard time keeping out government, given the hw design seems to share eMMC and RAM between the APE core and the modem-radio core, and modem radio stack is very hardly ever getting opened for at least review (and even when it was, it would only reveal that there's no way to make sure there's no OTA backdoor)

IOW: modem can access your data, you can't access (or control) modem. Not even cryptfs will help to fix this.
/j

Fully agree with this bleak assessment of current SOCs, system boards and GSM/3/4/G modem integration. We need to "Make a Market" where the emphasis is customer security demonstrated by full and open access to the code running on hardware that is the property of the owner. Such market forces could create a profitable USP based on security and transparency for the next generations of SOCs.

The old "Trust in Me" we are a large corporate we will not spy on you for the benefit of our shareholders or governments, post Snowden, no longer works.

One thing Jolla did get right was a removable battery. No battery in the phone makes it very hard for the state to keep track of your location

Richard

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