GalaxyS3I9300PrivacySecurityEvaluation » History » Version 7
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 05/20/2016 06:59 PM
| 1 | 1 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | h1. GalaxyS3I9300PrivacySecurityEvaluation |
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| 3 | 2 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | Note that this information may or may not be exhaustive. |
| 4 | It also may or may not contain all known issues or good point about this device. |
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| 6 | 5 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | h2. General freedom issues on the Galaxy S 3 (I9300): |
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| 8 | 3 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * The hardware is proprietary. |
| 9 | 1 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * Some peripherals do require proprietary firmwares to work, some of which have to be loaded by the system: [[GalaxyS3I9300LoadedFirmwares]] |
| 10 | * The bootrom code (which is read-only by definition) is proprietary. |
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| 11 | 5 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * The bootloader is proprietary and signed. |
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| 13 | 5 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | h2. Modem related: |
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| 15 | 5 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | The modem runs non-free software, which is loaded but not shipped by Replicant. |
| 16 | * When using flight mode, The main CPU has to ask the modem to power itself off. |
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| 17 | 1 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * The modem is isolated: |
| 18 | ** It doesn't use shared memory with the CPU, instead it uses an "HSIC" bus. |
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| 19 | 3 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | ** 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). |
| 20 | ** It has no access to the other CPU peripherals. |
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| 21 | 7 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * "Terminal profile":https://terminal-profile.osmocom.org/decode.php?tp=ffffffff7f1f00dfff00001fa2010a860749000000000000000000000010 |
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| 23 | h2. TODO: |
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| 25 | 5 | Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli | * Investigate its terminal profile |