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diff --git a/markdown/2014_03_unveiling-the-samsung-galaxy-back-door.md b/markdown/2014_03_unveiling-the-samsung-galaxy-back-door.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac856e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/markdown/2014_03_unveiling-the-samsung-galaxy-back-door.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +tags: Privacy/security, Paul Kocialkowski +date: 2014-03-13 19:43 +title: Unveiling the Samsung Galaxy back-door +--- +Yesterday, we disclosed our findings about the [Samsung Galaxy back-door][1], +an anti-feature found in Samsung Galaxy devices that lets the modem access the +files stored on the device. For a complete statement about the issue, you can +refer to [the article we published at the Free Software Foundation’s +website][1]. A technical description of the issue is available on a [dedicated +page of the Replicant wiki][2], along with more information regarding the +back-door. + +The information spread out very quickly and we’re glad the press is finding +interest in such matters as privacy and unjust control over one’s computing. +This demonstrates yet another time why free software is essential and how a +single piece of proprietary software can compromise a whole device. + +We have yet to hear from Samsung about this issue, as we are hoping that the +reason for the presence of this back-door will be clarified. In that regard, +we’d be very glad to work with Samsung in order to make things right, for +instance through releasing free software or documentation that would make it +easy for community Android versions to get rid of the incriminated blob. + +**Update:** Several sources, including Samsung, claim this is a non-issue. A +complementary statement to address these claims was issued at [Paul +Kocialkowski’s personal blog][3]. + + [1]: <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/replicant-developers-find-and- +close-samsung-galaxy-backdoor> + + [2]: +<http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/SamsungGalaxyBackdoor> + + [3]: <http://code.paulk.fr/article18/the-samsung-galaxy-back-door-was- +bullshit-really> + + |