theoretically you should be right but there’s software hidden in the hardware that you can’t uninstall or modify that could (hypothetically) be surveilling you. like in the networking equipment that’s inside the phone.
realistically, i think the chances for that happening are actually very low, also because the networking firmware could only see your encrypted data packets, but it could still figure out the IP addresses that you communicate with. i’d rate it a none/low risk level. your ISP could also surveill you in the same way, with probably less technical difficulty. also you could circumvent that by using VPN.
also people can actually check what the networking firmware actually sends through the air (you need special equipment to intercept the packages mid-air) so it’s risky for them to do it because they could be caught and exposed.
No one knows what is in the broadcom 5g blobs, it could have all sorts of nefarious shit which it most likely does. Its too easy and tempting of a target for some government not to bribe their way in.
So what if it is? Replace the stock OS with GrapheneOS and it doesn’t matter who manufactures the phone.
Except we know hardware backdoors are a thing.
The whole mobile ecosystem is a giant hardware backdoor on every phone. I think it’s too late now to change anything on that level.
theoretically you should be right but there’s software hidden in the hardware that you can’t uninstall or modify that could (hypothetically) be surveilling you. like in the networking equipment that’s inside the phone.
realistically, i think the chances for that happening are actually very low, also because the networking firmware could only see your encrypted data packets, but it could still figure out the IP addresses that you communicate with. i’d rate it a none/low risk level. your ISP could also surveill you in the same way, with probably less technical difficulty. also you could circumvent that by using VPN.
also people can actually check what the networking firmware actually sends through the air (you need special equipment to intercept the packages mid-air) so it’s risky for them to do it because they could be caught and exposed.
No one knows what is in the broadcom 5g blobs, it could have all sorts of nefarious shit which it most likely does. Its too easy and tempting of a target for some government not to bribe their way in.