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Smartphones using the Snapdragon 630 chip were found to call home to Qualcomm without the consent of the user, bypassing the whole operating system. […]
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EDIT / UPDATE:
Martijn Braam took a look and provides a valuable counterstatement. Thx @bart
https://blog.brixit.nl/nitrokey-dissapoints-me/
Still without the actual data that gets transmitted though. Unless someone does it first I'll replicate the test setup myself tomorrow and post my findings here.
#privacy #security
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Smartphones using the Snapdragon 630 chip were found to call home to Qualcomm without the consent of the user, bypassing the whole operating system. Data includes unique hardware ID, current IP, country, your ISP, list of installed apps and other data.

It is send unencrypted and gets combined with data broker profiles.
https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker

As usual, big IT companies don't give a flying fart about any laws, their customers or ethics in general. Who would've guessed. πŸ˜” #privacy #security
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