Comment by ijustlovemath
8 days ago
Nation states can use the baseband radios to track/monitor you, so it's best to leave your phone at home. You can't disable or observe baseband from the higher level OS.
8 days ago
Nation states can use the baseband radios to track/monitor you, so it's best to leave your phone at home. You can't disable or observe baseband from the higher level OS.
FWIW what people call "baseband" in the context of this particular security flaw is what everyone (including those people) call "cellular modem" in every other context.
On a Pinephone you can turn it off with a physical power switch.
If you really wanted to, on most other phones you could desolder it and throw it in the garbage. You'd need to already have custom firmware on the main CPU (or should I say "application processor" to fit in with the people who say "baseband processor") so it wouldn't crash or lock up when booting.
A little bit less destructive (in case you want to use your cellphone as a cellphone later) would be replacing the antenna with a dummy load.