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authorDenis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@no-log.org>2016-03-28 20:50:30 +0200
committerPaul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>2017-06-11 16:20:39 +0300
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freedom-privacy-security-issues: Improve OsmocomBB's description
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@no-log.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
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<p>
<a href="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" data-lightbox="current-situation" data-title="Bad modem isolation"><img src="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" alt="Bad modem isolation" style="width: 250px; float: left;"/></a>
The modem system on telephony-enabled mobile devices is always proprietary.
- While <a href="//bb.osmocom.org/">OsmocomBB</a>, a free software GSM stack exists, it only runs on old feature phones, currently requires a host computer to operate and is not certified to run on public networks.
+ While <a href="//bb.osmocom.org/">OsmocomBB</a>, a free software GSM stack exists, it only runs on some old feature phones, or on the modem used in the Openmoko phones.
+ It currently requires a host computer to operate and is not certified to run on public networks.
Despite this situation, the modem remains a crucial part for privacy/security: it is nearly always connected to the GSM network, allowing for <a href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html">remote control</a>.
The modem can be more or less damaging to privacy/security depending on what hardware it has access to and can control.
That is to say, how isolated it is from the rest of the device.<br /><br />