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by HashThis 1071 days ago
Why does Apple (iPhone) and Google (android OS) enable this?
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DarkmSparks 1071 days ago
nothing they can do afaik. these capabilities are built in at the hardware level in the baseband processor.
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lost_tourist 1071 days ago
they could make it easy to completely turn off that hardware so that it can't be used.
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tinus_hn 1071 days ago
Apple compiles the baseband firmware itself, they have control and it’s really doubtful they’d allow the network to just listen in. This is more likely about the use of spyware that is installed on the phone using vulnerabilities in the OS.
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