Re:The NSA can't remotely turn on all phones
by contingencies on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:43AM
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Two strong mechanisms for staying ahead here.
(1) Watch the licensing process. Want to release a phone in Europe/US? You need to have the electronics licensed first.
(2) Want to release a phone in large numbers via a major carrier's retail operation? Watch their carrier pre-approval process (in the US this is months long).
The way you do this is by influencing standards. You buy the people who write the specs for chips and/or firmware that are common to smart phones.
Removing batteries a problem? Don't let them remove them or have two batteries!
All someone has to do it look at the parts list of all these various smart phones and look for the common parts. That's where you'll find the exploit.