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LaminatorX
on Thursday March 13 2014, @10:12AM
from the either-a-benefit-or-a-hazard dept.
from the either-a-benefit-or-a-hazard dept.
Rashek writes:
"The developers of Replicant, a pure Free-Software version of Android, claim to have discovered a security flaw in certain Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets . One so serious that it could potentially grant an attacker remote access to the device's file system.
The flaw lies in the software that enables communication between the Android OS and the device's radio modem, according to the Replicant project's Paul Kocialkowski. More information can be found at replicant's website."
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(Score: 1) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 13 2014, @01:04PM
I've read through all the links and Paul K's detailed page at Replicant, but I still don't understand who or what exactly has rights to control that modem CPU and firmware and potentially use the backdoor to access other files on the phone.
My guess would be "only the current cellular data network provider itself". Anyone?
I have some of the affected handsets; I'm not sure that trusting my cellular network provider not to snoop on my storage (when they're already seeing all my unencrypted traffic) is a terrible thing...