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Re:I want a computer that I own by detaro on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @12:42AM (#26395801)
It is an isolated peripheral in many smartphones. Whatever you do, there is of course a risk malicious code could break out of the isolation, true for your Ethernet proposal too.
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Re:I want a computer that I own by a1369209993 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:57AM (#26396453)
Having a malicious device on the other other end of a Ethernet connection is much less of a problem than having a malicious device that can DMA into main memory, which is something the baseband in Apple/Android phones at least allegedly can do.
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Re:I want a computer that I own by saagarjha on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @05:21AM (#26397314)
This hasn't been true on iOS devices for a while, and I would expect that Android device manufactures have been making improvements here as well.
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