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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:16:46 -0500
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Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] {6529} tracking powered down cell phones
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Qualcomm sold $19B in chipsets last year that go inside TVs, BMW
dashboards, game consoles, and, most important, one-third of
smartphones sold. Its stock market value has surpassed that of rival
Intel.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/511826/qualcomm-wants-to-be-famous/
Besides the serious risks outlined in the article posted below, the
proprietary, closed RTOS and REX kernel embedded by Qualcomm into
these ubiquitous chipsets would be an obvious choice for tampering by
NSA and other spies.
-bernieS
At 05:50 PM 11/13/2013, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>Another bit of cellphone insecurity. The thing I was vaguely aware of, and
>referred to earlier (and suggested a good demarcation line between the
>baseband processor and the rest of the system), but described way better
>here.
>
>http://mobile.osnews.com/story.php/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Mitch Davis wrote:
>
> > good read, we all need to stay on top of cell phones and
> capabilities. Just as
> > lethal as a 20 yr old fisher price baby monitor, or AID wing bang:
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/samsung-nokia-say-they-dont-know-how-to-track-a-powered-down-phone/
> >
> >
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