Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
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Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
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Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#2Is there some kind of vote bot ring or something?
This is a question with one short answer (at the time of my comment). It's hard to imagine why it made the top on its own merits.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#3Is there some kind of vote bot ring or something? This is a question with one short answer (at the time of my comment). It's hard to imagine why it made the top on its own merits.
I agree, and it's not even a good answer.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#4Is there some kind of vote bot ring or something? This is a question with one short answer (at the time of my comment). It's hard to imagine why it made the top on its own merits.
Most likely, moderation is on pause at Stack Exchange due to ongoing feuds with management.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#5Is there some kind of vote bot ring or something? This is a question with one short answer (at the time of my comment). It's hard to imagine why it made the top on its own merits.
But it’s a good question. I want to know.
I am assuming this is not possible. The only thing i know of is capable of doing so is pegasus. But it’s very expensive afak.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#6Can the thing France just made legal be done?
> French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday, July 5.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/07/06/france-s...
Why would anyone stir up the civil libertarians if the thing you are making legal is not possible?
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#7This question has been in my head recently. How feasible is it really? The answer in the link isn’t comprehensive. Is it really out of the question for manufacturer’s to ship a particular version of a device and software for a target country? Nation states have a history of backdooring or weakening particular technologies.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#8This question has been in my head recently. How feasible is it really? The answer in the link isn’t comprehensive. Is it really out of the question for manufacturer’s to ship a particular version of a device and software for a target country? Nation states have a history of backdooring or weakening particular technologies.
Baseband backdoor. No need to target the OS or the primary CPU.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#9This answer is dangerously naïve. Phone basebands and radios are full of vulnerabilities, if you don't want your phone to be a potential surveillance device given any minimally sophisticated adversary you should either turn off the radio or preferably shut it off entirely and remove the battery.
Re: Spying on a smartphone remotely by the authorities: feasibility and operation
#10Is there some kind of vote bot ring or something? This is a question with one short answer (at the time of my comment). It's hard to imagine why it made the top on its own merits.
But it’s a good question. I want to know. I am assuming this is not possible. The only thing i know of is capable of doing so is pegasus. But it’s very expensive afak.
You don't know what code is running on your baseband processor, do you?
Do you know what other hardware your baseband processor has the ability to inspect?