Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Comparison of Android ROMs (eylenburg.github.io)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That means shit, if someone can compromise your bootloader in an hotel or some other public place then they’ll get to your data either way once you turn on the phone.

I never really understood how this kind of attack happens. Can it simply be done in any phone? What are the required conditions?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is the classic "evil maid attack" applied to phones instead of laptops.