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From: Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com>
Date: 1/11/18 11:40 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: g2s <g2s@riseup.net>
Cc: Kirils Solovjovs <kirils.solovjovs@kirils.com>, cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org
Subject: Re: Own on install. How grave it is?
> > The concerns are real and industry resolves this by applying the minimal
> > required patches from a media before connecting device to the network.
> >
>
> >> Thanks. This doesn't appear possible on smartphones, tablets and some IoT, right?
>
> Phones and tablets? Why not? The update or os is downloaded in full before installation and, at least in android, a dos bootstrap appears to run the install.
> Rr
>
>>Thanks, could be, I am not familiar with phones and tablets. Is this
documented in more details somewhere?
All I know is when android runs it's system update a dos screen appears for a second or two before it runs. The text is microscopic and there's no way to screenshot it, but I'm pretty sure it runs from android's firmware. Sometimes it's just a couple of lines, sometimes a screenful. Ofc the hardware could be compromised.
Example. Compass Automation. A company that makes the S/w tools to put backdoors in chips. Senator Dianne Feinstein's military-industrial millionaire hubby has interest in Compass, or whatever it calls itself now. Interesting to note she's a fixture on the Senate Intel Committee.
Here's a post I did a while back on Compass, and note, someone didn't like me calling her a corrupt bitch, or perhaps they didn't care for me noting the connection.
http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/54758257254