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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1

This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.

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Random nitpick. It may make sense to root a device to strip away tracking or privacy impacting features. Though some way argue that your attempt to do so itself may be fingerprintable.

For security... doubt it'd do much. If your device maker is releasing poorly secured software why would the hardware/firmware be any better.

Though some way argue that your attempt to do so itself may be fingerprintable.

This is always the rub.

There is a world of difference between evading detection and evading attention, and depending on the circumstances attempts to evade one will often draw the other. As is often the case, there is a relevant XKCD

iptables. Those things usually require multi stage install. You highjack something then make request for the exploits, then download the big one. If you only allow minimal processes to have internet connection you may foil the installation itself. Also andoid doesn't have such idiocy as imessage.

Sorry, are you saying you set up iptables rules on your android phone to lock it down in case of malware/spyware/hacking?

Kinda. I just implement very strict firewall. And I suppose that unless the malware is modifying by default - and there is limitation how much logic can you implement in shellcode