I think if you read this blog, you have a smartphone and that the security of that smartphone is important to you. By now you should also understand that the functionality of that smartphone is a trade off between your privacy with the various suppliers. I do not use some of the functionality of my smartphone as I am not prepared to share whatever bit of information the supplier wants.
At Napier University, one of the first security lectures described a secure computer:
The computer cannot be networked, it must be turned off and disconnected from the mains, put in a sealed metal box, welded shut so there are no keys, the box acts as a Faraday Cage. The box is then thrown into the ocean. However even after all this, there will be a dissertation proposal on how to attack this type of system!
MSc Advanced Security & Digital Forensics (napier.ac.uk)
Here is an piece by John Naughton at The Guardian looking at why our smartphones will always be insecure – even iPhones.
Further Reading
Why I said no? – Octagon Technology
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