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dragosrIf this was a Chinese phone or chip people would be going ballistic. Qualcomm chips phone home over unencrypted HTTP even without Android OS.
As down spun as it is in this article, I will say that if folks hadn't noticed the tactical value of this data stream, they certainly have now.
Qualcomm is using PSDS (which they call XTRA) as a way to gather statistics on Snapdragon devices by having xtra-daemon send a unique hardware identifier, persistent random id generated by xtra-daemon and the device's brand, model, manufacturer, etc. It's definitely problematic.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/27/qualcomm_covert_operating_system_claim/
jb@dragosr why did they not provide packet dumps of the HTTP request?
notsoloud@dragosr
Check this counterpoint
https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/ff25f61a-aa48-4e67-9a46-69aaa7f54bdc
Also, this is something that is already being fixed in software, check the #qualcomm hash tag
kravietz 🦇 (@[email protected])
No, smartphones with #Qualcomm chip don’t “secretly share private information with US chip-maker”. Here’s a good analysis of the #Nitrokey lame marketing:The author of the article has found that th...
sorry 🇵🇸☭@dragosr who thought ICs had any business connecting to the internet on their own accord?
How did we get here?
Beat Bolli 
Hugo 雨果@dragosr This whole article is an exaggerated marketing piece and wholly inaccurate. See https://blog.brixit.nl/nitrokey-dissapoints-me/
