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Re:Zero Trust SIM by comboy on Monday September 26, 2022 @03:37PM (#32987310)
I feel you, but consider this - we live in alternative reality where eSIM comes first and then somebody comes and says you need to put a black box into your phone (which is btw spinning up whole java environment) if you want to make calls. You could probably get outraged at that too.
Re:Zero Trust SIM by kelnos on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:11AM (#32992739)
For many of us in the US, that was indeed the case. I had a CDMA phone on Verizon's network until 2007 when I switched to T-Mobile and got a GSM phone.
Re:Zero Trust SIM by easrng on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:54AM (#32992235)
An eSIM is the same black box, just reconfigurable and soldered on.
Re:Zero Trust SIM by comboy on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:35AM (#32992885)
I mean so is CPU, but in general it's a bit harder to hide stuff in some untrusted binary than it is in hardware. In general. In this case I think we're doomed regardless.

Btw, if somebody knows good technical writeup on eSIM, I'd love to read it.

Re:Zero Trust SIM by easrng on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @06:57AM (#32993710)
eSIMs are called eUICCs in the specs iirc, that might help you find information about them.