Secret chips in replacement parts can completely hijack your phone’s security
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[url]https://arstechnica.com/?p=1148889[/url]
Not so secret when the only thing it can do is use the phone normally to do the malicious tasks.
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;52587751]Not so secret when the only thing it can do is use the phone normally to do the malicious tasks.[/QUOTE]
you've got control over the screen and inputs, you could wait until it hasn't been touched for hours (user probably asleep) and then do everything without powering the backlight on
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;52591435]That is, if you disconsider the backdoors that are [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology"]already[/URL] [URL="https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/SamsungGalaxyBackdoor"]present [/URL]in [URL="https://androidcommunity.com/security-researcher-finds-backdoor-to-mediatek-processors-open-to-hackers-20160201/"]current [/URL]chips[/QUOTE]
Further proof that Mediatek is shit.
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