Re:The Dream of Usable Email Encryption Is Still a Work in P...
by mindslight on Sunday March 27, 2016 @10:00AM
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There are phones with separate application/baseband chips. I have a Samsung i9500 (one of the many models called "Galaxy S4"), which I believe is the most recent of such phones that can run Cyanogenmod. Also, I think most Apple devices are separated in such a manner as well?
Of course there's likely still a whole collection of closed software that takes constant network connectivity for granted, and does who-knows-what. The Android code is open, but it seems like there won't be enough eyes looking at vulnerabilities to the vendor with regards to say the GApps suite. And making the choice of utility between Google Maps and K-9 mail, I picked Maps.
It also doesn't help that phone models are so varied as to diffuse the interest in investigation/teardown/auditing.
Of course there's likely still a whole collection of closed software that takes constant network connectivity for granted, and does who-knows-what. The Android code is open, but it seems like there won't be enough eyes looking at vulnerabilities to the vendor with regards to say the GApps suite. And making the choice of utility between Google Maps and K-9 mail, I picked Maps.
It also doesn't help that phone models are so varied as to diffuse the interest in investigation/teardown/auditing.