Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security
by nostrademons on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:56PM
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As I understand it he wasn't doing NATSEC-relevant work from the phone, but on Android spyware can turn on the microphone and camera remotely. During the Cold War our adversaries would've given anything to slip a bug into the Oval Office; now every hacker group who can pwn an Android phone has one.
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Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security
by isostatic on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:35PM
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> During the Cold War our adversaries would've given anything to slip a bug into the Oval Office
See
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)
Re:The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security
by bubblethink on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:24PM
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>but on Android spyware can turn on the microphone and camera remotely.
Seems like an unsubstantiated claim. Also, Android is a broad umbrella term where security varies widely across implementations and devices. Do you have any concrete information about reference Android devices (i.e., Pixels)
He was using a Galaxy S3 long past the time it stopped receiving security patches.
https://www.androidcentral.com/which-android-phone-does-dona...
>Seems like an unsubstantiated claim
It absolutely isn't. Evidence supporting his claim are easily found online, both in leaked documents as well as from other first and second hand sources