▲ 536 ▼ A compulsory mandated app installed on every Indian citizen's new phone (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 9 months ago by florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.livemint.com/news/india/if-you-don-t-want-jyotiraditya-scindia-says-sanchar-saathi-app-is-optional-amid-strong-opposition-protests-11764659707854.html
[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) If you think every phone has some sort of IME, installing a custom ROM means nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 months ago (1 child) A phone's baseband (modem) runs its own proprietary firmware with full RAM access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) This doesn't make sense to me. Why do they even need it to be that way? Compartmentalisations was one of the basic points in system design methodology that I thought (because I read it somewhere) smartphones would also be built upon. So why compromise the whole thing to a supply chain attack? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Why do they even need it to be that way? so that they can surveil you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* That part, I already understand. But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new. I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago In exchange for giant purchase orders from the government. Qualcomm etc are simply corrupt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago It's by design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 months ago (1 child) A phone's baseband (modem) runs its own proprietary firmware with full RAM access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) This doesn't make sense to me. Why do they even need it to be that way? Compartmentalisations was one of the basic points in system design methodology that I thought (because I read it somewhere) smartphones would also be built upon. So why compromise the whole thing to a supply chain attack? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Why do they even need it to be that way? so that they can surveil you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* That part, I already understand. But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new. I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago In exchange for giant purchase orders from the government. Qualcomm etc are simply corrupt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago It's by design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) This doesn't make sense to me. Why do they even need it to be that way? Compartmentalisations was one of the basic points in system design methodology that I thought (because I read it somewhere) smartphones would also be built upon. So why compromise the whole thing to a supply chain attack? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Why do they even need it to be that way? so that they can surveil you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* That part, I already understand. But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new. I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago In exchange for giant purchase orders from the government. Qualcomm etc are simply corrupt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago It's by design. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Why do they even need it to be that way? so that they can surveil you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* That part, I already understand. But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new. I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* That part, I already understand. But you needed to have some sort of excuse for such things back when smartphones were new. I think the compartmentalisation concepts were there from the feature-phone era. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago In exchange for giant purchase orders from the government. Qualcomm etc are simply corrupt. permalink fedilink source parent
