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author | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@no-log.org> | 2016-03-28 20:50:30 +0200 |
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committer | Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr> | 2017-06-11 16:20:39 +0300 |
commit | 442e7f4d0ca35a2f920100420da49575b63ec2af (patch) | |
tree | 71bfb849e81db278d354165700ef94375033f0ac | |
parent | df6286eb38b24f9af719395689cb2d076dee6d91 (diff) | |
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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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diff --git a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php index dbf1ebf..b7364dc 100644 --- a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php +++ b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ <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 /> |