Don’t Ignore This Simple Tip: NSA Says Rebooting Can Protect Your Phone (thecyberexpress.com)

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[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Tin hat time! The NSA has a new backdoor rolling out to everyone's phones but they need to reboot for it to finish installing.

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Ha! I refuse to reboot anything

[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Well now I'm not doing it

[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't actually describe how it helps...

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

if your phone compromised, chances are the code is running in volatile memory , a reboot would clean such infections.

[-] copygirl 3 points 2 weeks ago

My uneducated guess is, some threats will burrow themselves in active memory but have no way of persisting beyond a reboot. Or perhaps it just shuts down background software you don't need that could be vulnerable.

[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Makes sense and gives a compelling reason for regular reboots.

[-] BlazarNGC@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Still waiting for the reasoning 🤷‍♂️

[-] Rin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

nsa fucking glows

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