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Re:Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physica... by atat7024 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @09:47AM (#26902668)
> The insinuation that my device may be host to something potentially malicious is concerning. It gets a little worse that it can change, without notice.

Do you use an iPhone or a phone with Google Play Services on it?

Those both have the technical capability of receiving targeted updates.

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Re:Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physica... by codethief on Thursday April 22, 2021 @09:51AM (#26902714)
Not just that. In the case of Google Play Services, SafetyNet also downloads random binary blobs from Google and executes them as root. Makes me feel a lot… safer about my phone.
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