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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by ColanR on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:06PM (#14090760)
What broadcom wifi 'thing' are you referring to? Guess I missed that piece of history.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by abecedarius on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:23PM (#14090920)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14034092
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by ColanR on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:42PM (#14092748)
Ah. Thanks to you both.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:19PM (#14090889)
Every single cellphone that uses broadcom wifi (basicly all of them) has remote root via wifi. 95% will never be patched.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by militantVagrant on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @01:31AM (#14095022)
At least there is 5%(Nexus and Pixel) that get patched. The baseband is wide open on 100% of cellphones with a SIM card in them, and it's never getting patched.
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Re:The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passw... by Neliquat on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:26AM (#14097409)
Thats ignoring that GSM and friends are still broken, so your device being rooted is stilp only half the issue.
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