Post #1140819

hardware vulnerabilities undoubtedly exist, whether intentional or not. its simply the nature of designing these complex semiconductors. that said, if one company intentionally creates a backdoor, won't they all? what phone do you buy at that point? any startup or small phone company may not have intentional backdoors, but I can guarantee their hardware security on all other levels pales to what apple and google can accomplish. I think the question then becomes are you more worried about google having a backdoor, or about third party compromises? im not a fan of our choices, there is no silver bullet.