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minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoApparently what happened is that French police installed some of malware on the phones to read the messages, and this was now decided to be legal in the UK.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDamn, we’ll need those linux phones working soon.
minus-squaresmeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThen they enforce the chipmakers to put backdoors in the chips themselves
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’d wager they already have
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFor x86 platforms it’s called Intel ME and AMD PSP.
minus-squarelastweakness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou’d have enough control over the software that you can ensure nothing like this happens
Apparently what happened is that French police installed some of malware on the phones to read the messages, and this was now decided to be legal in the UK.
Damn, we’ll need those linux phones working soon.
Then they enforce the chipmakers to put backdoors in the chips themselves
I’d wager they already have
For x86 platforms it’s called Intel ME and AMD PSP.
What would that change?
You’d have enough control over the software that you can ensure nothing like this happens