Post #1308495
2026-02-28 02:34 UTC
@cas @shadowfals @blinry
I have a few dozen used cell phones and all except modern Pixel appear to have a common hardware exploit being used by state contractors. I checked it out myself and it's like a full JTAG, do what you want with any chip soldered to the board.
I'm only going to use what is vetted by people who's lives have been saved after getting rubber hosed by state agents that could not bypass that one custom hardened distribution
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@cas@social.treehouse.systems 2026-02-28 04:28
@dianea @shadowfals @blinry what exploit is that? EUD? personally definitely not gonna advocate for using anything that isn't particularly hardened if you're a target, if pmOS ever gets to that point it won't be for quite a long time 😅
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@paavi@mastodontti.fi 2026-02-28 05:40
@dianea I think that in that kind of situation you'd be better off not using a smart phone at all. Your comms should depend on something that really is not traceable and your computing would heavily depend on systems with zero traces left procedures and distros like Tails. I do not think even GrapheneOS would save you from harm in the kind of scenario you described. @cas @shadowfals @blinry