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nony
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nony

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Backdoors and Surveillance Mechanisms in Android devices

Samsung Specific-
From the reseacher:
Unveiling the Samsung Galaxy backdoor-
»www.replicant.us/2014/03 ··· ck-door/

Backgrounder-
»redmine.replicant.us/pro ··· Backdoor
This page contains a technical description of the back-door found in Samsung Galaxy devices.
For a general description of the issue, please refer to the statement published on the Free Software Foundation's website.- »www.fsf.org/blogs/commun ··· backdoor

From the tech press:
Backdoor in Samsung Galaxy Devices Could Give Attackers Remote Control
»threatpost.com/backdoor- ··· l/104776

Popular Samsung devices Allegedly Contain Backdoor
»blog.kaspersky.com/popul ··· kdoor-2/

“Virtually no evidence” for claim of remote backdoor in Samsung phones
»arstechnica.com/security ··· -phones/

From Paul Kocialkowski's Coding Blog
»code.paulk.fr/article18/ ··· t-really
The problem we intended to highlight is not so much about how in practical terms an intruder could use this anti-feature remotely to access and modify the data stored on the device, but rather to show that a particular proprietary software implements a feature that could be used to let the modem gain data I/O access over the device. This is where we find the back-door to be: at the interface between the modem and the applications processor. We do consider the modem to be an “unknown” area that offers no guarantee at all regarding security, since it is running proprietary software. Hence, we believe it is relevant to assume the worse and consider it compromised and subject to remote control.

(still more to come)

-nony
gnome84
join:2014-04-12
Saint Paul, MN

gnome84

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It's almost as if the discussion is about building backdoors rather than defending against them.