Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoA compulsory mandated app installed on every Indian citizen's new phonelemmy.blahaj.zoneexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1519arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1512arrow-down1external-linkA compulsory mandated app installed on every Indian citizen's new phonelemmy.blahaj.zoneFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareEx Nummis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up66·3 days agoI lowkey expect every modern device to be compromised (unless you’re running custom roms). Whether it’s Pegasus or something else. Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 days ago Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether. Just make sure your pagers are not backdoored with Semtex either.
minus-squarenimpnin@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·3 days ago Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether Even if you can’t, minimizing smartphone use, uptime and carrying mitigates some of the risk
minus-squareConstant Pain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoIf you think every phone has some sort of IME, installing a custom ROM means nothing.
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoA phone’s baseband (modem) runs its own proprietary firmware with full RAM access.
I lowkey expect every modern device to be compromised (unless you’re running custom roms). Whether it’s Pegasus or something else. Only permanent solution is to stop using smartphones altogether.
Just make sure your pagers are not backdoored with Semtex either.
Even if you can’t, minimizing smartphone use, uptime and carrying mitigates some of the risk
If you think every phone has some sort of IME, installing a custom ROM means nothing.
A phone’s baseband (modem) runs its own proprietary firmware with full RAM access.