Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by mattmaroon on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:24PM
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How do you cheat with a physical object like that? Isn’t Qualcomm selling them the chips? It’s not a windows install, it’s a physical item they buy. Don’t they just pay by the unit?
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Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by hammock on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:15PM
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They might pay more for a unit that goes in an expensive phone than in a cheap phone, even if it's the same unit
There are all kinds of licensing agreements that go along with physical products. For example a book or videotape that is licensed to be used in a library costs more than a book or videotape for personal consumption
Re:Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information ...
by mattmaroon on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:11PM
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It exists, but are chips actually sold that way? And are major phone OEMs likely to violate such contracts to save some money?
And is it sending any data that would be then determine it if so?
It just seems pretty far fetched to me that this is at all the point. Not impossible, but very improbable.