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Re:PinePhone Misconceptions by my123 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @11:38AM (#22147022)
On the iPhone, the modem has always been on a separate chip.
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Re:PinePhone Misconceptions by detaro on Saturday January 25, 2020 @12:14PM (#22147256)
separate chip doesn't tell you anything about the security model.
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Re:PinePhone Misconceptions by my123 on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:59PM (#22148298)
It was USB/HSIC and then switched over to PCIe with IOMMU.
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Re:PinePhone Misconceptions by mirimir on Saturday January 25, 2020 @05:44PM (#22149099)
Right, regardless of chip configuration, modern phones use IOMMU for isolation. Arguably the main advantage of the PinePhone and Librem 5 is the kill switches.
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