Comment by gruez
10 days ago
Yeah, otherwise the bad guys can just wait till you're not looking at your phone, reflash your it with a backdoored version, and wait for you to unlock it (evil maid attack).
10 days ago
Yeah, otherwise the bad guys can just wait till you're not looking at your phone, reflash your it with a backdoored version, and wait for you to unlock it (evil maid attack).
>the bad guys can just wait till you're not looking at your phone, reflash your it with a backdoored version
I hate it when the bad guys do this to my phone
The bad guys e.g. the police detaining you during a protest and temporarily seizing your property, or the border police "scanning" your phone.
If your phone was in hands of police you better sell it anyway because they could install a physical GPS tracker, etc. So locked bootloader doesn't change much.
Also if you live in a truly democratic country you don't even need to set the PIN code - your rights are protected by the law.
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