Re: [luv-talk] Basics of smartphone security

On 07/27/2013 06:21 AM, Rick Moen wrote:

I'm used to assuming that networks are dangerous and untrustworthy and layering things trustworthy over them. Why is that approach not feasible with a smartphone

Depends on the phone but mostly the proprietary baseband firmware (and other blobz) and the modems direct memory access = your phone is pwned by any serious adversary be them international or local. OTA updates can be pushed silently by a telco by design even on a non smart phone. they simply are not secure.