GalaxyS3I9300PrivacySecurityEvaluation¶

Note that this information may or may not be exhaustive.
It also may or may not contain all known issues or good point about this device.

• The hardware is proprietary.
• Some peripherals do require proprietary firmwares to work, some of which have to be loaded by the system: GalaxyS3I9300LoadedFirmwares
• The bootrom is proprietary.
• The bootloader is proprietary and signed: GalaxyS3I9300Bootloader

• The modem is isolated:
  • It doesn't use shared memory with the CPU, instead it uses an "HSIC" bus.
  • We are not aware of it being able to access the GPS, but it woulnd't be surprising if it still could (by having a direct connection to it).
  • It has no access to the other CPU peripherals.
• The modem runs non-free software, which is loaded but not shipped by Replicant.
• When using flight mode, The main CPU has to ask the modem to power itself off.