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Replicant OS Developers Find Backdoor In Samsung Galaxy Devices

An anonymous reader writes "Developers of the Free Software Foundation-endorsed Replicant OS have uncovered a backdoor through Android on Samsung Galaxy devices and the Nexus S. The research indicates the proprietary Android versions have a blob handling communication with the modem using Samsung's IPC protocol and in turn there's a set of commands that allow the modem to do remote I/O operations on the phone's storage. Replicant's open-source version of Android does away with the Samsung library to fend off the potential backdoor issue."

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  1. Re:How remote is remote? by MightyMartian · · Score: 2, Funny

    How remote is remote? Are we talking over the internet/sms or are we talking if you control a cell tower?

    Yes

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    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  2. Re:OTA updates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Nuts!" said the NSA. "Now we'll have to use one of our 12 other methods!"

  3. Is this testing whether the OS is Replicant by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 1, Funny

    or a lesbian?

  4. NSA_backdoor_trojan into America by strstr · · Score: 1, Funny

    NSA_backdoor_trojan:

    AMD processors were found to have similar vulnerabilities.

    Mascarading as a debug mode, all hardware and thus software security features can be bypassed. Essentially allowing both stealth software operation, bypassing root and administrator authentication restrictions, and more. Intel is known to have similar functionality, but its not publically disclosed yet.. http://hardware.slashdot.org/s...

    NSA compiled and uses all these exploits whether it was installed there for them or not.

    Windows also has NSAKEY installed and all vulnerabilities and the source code of Windows is turned over to the NSA before the things can be patched, allowing NSA to locate and exploit vulnerabilities for hacking us and everyone else. http://www.washingtonsblog.com...

    RSA also put in exploits so SSL / Etc would be vulnerable to their attack, as the leaks indicated. http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...

    Stuxnet virus was created by NSA. http://rt.com/news/snowden-nsa...

    NSA and GCHQ are recording us masturbating. http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

    FBI records us even when our devices are powered off. http://www.washingtonsblog.com...

    NSA is ceiling cat watching us masturbate with space capability and electron imaging/radar systems. They are recording all calls and saving the content, not just metadata. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb... and http://youtu.be/d6m1XbWOfVk

    NSA has Thought Amplifier and Mind Interface (patented by Robert Malech in 1974, deployed in all radar in 1976), aka Remote Neural Monitoring first disclosed in Nexus Magazine in 1996 by John St Claire Akwei. Backed up today by Dr. Robert Duncan who helped invented these weapons, being used to attack and control us. http://www.oregonstatehospital... http://www.oregonstatehospital...

    TAO hacking unit, NSA: http://www.spiegel.de/internat...

    Obama is raping and murdering and torturing thousands of his own citizens, committing acts of Genocide worse than any dictator ever before. He has killed his own people and covered it up. http://www.obamasweapon.com/