Broadcom Bids To Snatch Qualcomm For $103 Billion

[starshipeleven]

That's pretty much only solid proof about backdoors in the phones though.

Well, it just shows what the firmware can actually do if it goes rogue. I sincerely doubt this Samsung "backdoor" was truly added with nefarious purposes, as Samsung has root access on the whole damn firmware already, so why bother going so low-level.

I mean they can just have an automated update service that looks up on a remote server over http (= easy man-in-the-middle attack) and automatically downloads and installs some apk like xiaomi does (where also a malicious user can just redirect this connection to his own "server" and serve any malware apk instead) https://thehackernews.com/2016/09/xi...-backdoor.html

Knowing their style, it's probably just some debug stuff, or they left in code they use for modems in dongles (that need the ability to read/write internal storage or a SDcard attached to the dongle)

The issue is that if someone else finds similar bugs and can take control of modem, there is no barrier to keep you safe.

While with Purism smartphone they are using modems over USB protocol, which keeps them isolated from the actual system.

[pal666]

Broadcom did not develop open gpu drivers? AFAIK those were developed by a guy figuring it out on his own, then getting hired by Broadcom because of it. Broadcom only gave out specs not drivers themselves.

you hate broadcom so much that you have to implant memories?
broadcom hired intel developer to write driver from scratch and broadcom is paying his salary for more than 3 years already
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...tem&px=MTcyMTc

[aht0]

you hate broadcom so much that you have to implant memories?
broadcom hired intel developer to write driver from scratch and broadcom is paying his salary for more than 3 years already
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...tem&px=MTcyMTc

Brodcom's initial "open source" drivers (actually blobs) for Pi were rejected from being mainlined.. Some people worked on reverse engineering, then Broadcom, couple years later, finally hired professional.

Which is one fucking driver open-sourced versus how many closed blobs still causing trouble? It's like serial rapist getting pardoned for helping old woman over the street.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/two.../#comment-1107

telling comment there...

A datasheet for a Broadcom chip? Did I accidentally load up the onion?? Is this the first time this has EVER happened? (Without an NDA.)

[pal666]

then Broadcom, couple years later, finally hired professional.

Which is one fucking driver open-sourced versus how many closed blobs still causing trouble?

which is the only arm gpu vendor with in-house developed upstream open driver. repeat after me: broadcom is the only
open arm gpu vendor

telling comment there...

this comment tells me that world has changed, but you are still living in the past

[aht0]

which is the only arm gpu vendor with in-house developed upstream open driver. repeat after me: broadcom is the only
open arm gpu vendor
this comment tells me that world has changed, but you are still living in the past

Not being an ARM user, except for cell phones - I don't literally give shit if Broadcom is a fairy godmother for ARM..

In areas impacting my areas of interest : networking, Broadcom is the absolute worst there is.. NDAs, blobs, broken binary drivers (even on Windows), hardware locks.