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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by therealx on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:01PM (#24583604)
True, but anyone mildly determined can get a two year old device, 0day the baseband, and have full access. I remember old iOS exploits that gave access to the full baseband as well.
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Re:Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for... by giantrobot on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:13PM (#24584765)
That's nothing at all like a consumer device being offered for sale with an intentionally tweakable baseband firmware. Getting a device certified by the FCC (and equivalents) doesn't require that the baseband firmware be 100% free or 0-day exploits. You can hack certified devices in all sorts of ways but you're then breaking the law (wrt to the radio portion) and doing so completely outside a relationship with the equipment manufacturer.
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