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		tptacek on Dec 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Our Cellphones Aren't Safe Yes. The baseband on an iPhone is effectively just a USB peripheral. Did you think Apple spent tens of millions of dollars designing a custom secure enclave processor running a separate operating system unrelated to iOS and just said "fuck it, give the whole system to the baseband vendor"?

mirimir on Dec 27, 2018 [–]

That's very good to know. Thanks!

What's the status for Android devices?

Is it true, as DCKing says, that the baseband radio doesn't have access in "common chipsets used in Android phones"?

chupasaurus on Dec 27, 2018 | [–]

90+% are having cellular modem inside SoC, all the cheap ones do for sure.

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