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Inside every modern smartphone there is a secret second computer — the baseband processor (cellular modem) — that runs its own independent operating system, has its own RAM and storage, and never fully turns off. It keeps registering with cell towers, accepts silent carrier updates, and can be exploited without the main OS ever knowing.

In this video we expose: • How your phone actually contains two completely separate computers • Why the modem stays awake for E911 emergency calls (and what else it does in the background) • How attackers can hijack your location, calls, and texts by exploiting only the radio chip • Who really controls the modem (Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung + your carrier) • Why Airplane Mode, removing the SIM, and even powering down don’t fully protect you From journalists in hostile regions to everyday privacy-conscious users — this hidden computer affects everyone.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

A good faraday bag works as well as taking the battery out used to.

But, of course, that only works until you take it out of the bag. But, taking the battery out only works till you put the battery back in.

The only way to stop corporations from doing evil is to regulate them, and then enforce the regulation. Which is why they all lobby against regulation and bribe politicians, and judges.

They've also spent billions over the years fooling poors into believing that deregulation was good for them, when all it does is tighten the grip of the filthy rich.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A "good" faraday bag is hard to find, it takes more than some aluminized mylar to stop a cell signal.

Boy, someone disagreed without actually tying it. You can put your phone in a microwave oven (a box meant to contain microwaves) and it will still get enough of a signal to ring. A good faraday bag has to be more than a few microns of aluminum.

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