Graphene1
I keep thinking about that scene from the Snowden movie where the NSA agents were basically able to tap into anyone's phone. I mean, that was years ago, so I can only imagine what they're capable of now. I've been learning more about GrapheneOS and I'm really impressed with all the potential threats they've considered and mitigated. But it got me wondering, are there still some vulnerabilities that are beyond the operating system's control?
I've heard rumors about backdoors in networking devices, and it makes sense to me that if I were a nation-state level actor, I'd want to insert vulnerabilities at a deeper level, like in modems or SIM cards. I mean, think about it, a SIM card is basically a tiny computer, right? So, could it potentially collect data and send it off without the operating system even knowing? That's a pretty unsettling thought.
And I know iPhones are basically black boxes, so who knows what kind of data they're collecting and sending off? I mean, it's unlikely, but theoretically, as you said they could be logging every keystroke or taking screengrabs. And if that's possible on an iPhone, couldn't it also be happening on a GrapheneOS phone, even if the OS itself isn't compromised?