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by Joel_Mckay 454 days ago
Most modern malware is not disk resident, as it has a higher probability of persisting by re-infection with an undocumented zero-day.

For example, people that play games that bind the GPS location services will find interruptions magically stop for awhile after a cold power-off, and power-on restart. Or the battery performance suddenly stops quickly losing power in standby, as recording/image capture was burning power and data budgets.

Ultimately, a smartphone is impossible to fully secure, as the complexity has a million holes in it regardless of the brand. And Gemini is a whole can of worms I'd rather not discuss without my lawyer present. =3