ZTE Backdoor

I suspect that roughly 10% percent of backdoors are discovered. If this is the case then I wonder to what extent backdoors hide in our computing devices. RMS deserves more credit and I think he will be remembered fifty years from now when our lives are even more controlled by computers.

I don't know whether I'm more suspicious of ZTE, the carrier, the Chinese government or the US government. I don't really know how to process that thought.

A while back Indian govt barred its state telecom carrier (BSNL) to source equipment from Huawei for similar concerns. I thought they were paranoid at the time. Looks like they had a valid point.

This stuff needs to be outlawed. If you want a backdoor for mainteneance, install some hardware serial console.

I wonder what wonderful bugs/backdoors are available in ZTE networking equipment.

Installing a custom ROM should fix this, if one is available for the Score M.

Is there trusted hardware a company could buy that is completely open-source, including hardware design and checks, so white-hats could identify any mishaps with it?

I can't really be surprised by this, you would expect the chinese goverment to want a backdoor in the electronics they sell.

ZTE phones are very popular in China. I'm looking out for the Chinese reaction to this is.

Check your phone using this free app: ZTE Backdoor Finder. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pcl.ztebd" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pcl.ztebd</a>

Coming from a Chinese partly state-owned company, I'm not the least surprised.

It's such a security fail... So big that I doubt it's true. Without any proof, explanation... has anybody been able to reproduce it?<p>If it's true, it would a great opportunity to see how Google/ZTE reacts to this vulnerability. How much time will ZTE take to correct this and issue an update? And also, will be able Google to stop applications who exploit this vulnerability to go public in the Market? I sincerely doubt it.