[Replicant] [PATCH v2][ 10/11] freedom-privacy-security-issues: Improve OsmocomBB's description
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
GNUtoo at no-log.org
Mon Mar 28 18:50:30 UTC 2016
Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at no-log.org>
---
freedom-privacy-security-issues.php | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
index f9a2255..b78665e 100644
--- a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
+++ b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
<p>
<a href="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" data-lightbox="current-situation" data-title="Bad modem isolation"><img src="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" alt="Bad modem isolation" style="width: 250px; float: left;"/></a>
The modem system on telephony-enabled mobile devices is always proprietary.
- While <a href="//bb.osmocom.org/">OsmocomBB</a>, a free software GSM stack exists, it only runs on old feature phones, currently requires a host computer to operate and is not certified to run on public networks.
+ While <a href="//bb.osmocom.org/">OsmocomBB</a>, a free software GSM stack exists, it only runs on some old feature phones, or on the modem used in the OpenMokos.
+ It currently requires a host computer to operate and is not certified to run on public networks.
Despite this situation, the modem remains a crucial part for privacy/security: it is nearly always connected to the GSM network, allowing for <a href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html">remote control</a>.
The modem can be more or less damaging to privacy/security depending on what hardware it has access to and can control.
That is to say, how isolated it is from the rest of the device.<br /><br />
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