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		driverdan on Aug 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ATtention Spanned: Comprehensive Android Vulnerabi... Any info about Apple phones? Do they use AT commands?

Rjevski on Aug 24, 2018 [–]

They do internally, but as far as I know there's no way to send them from outside - you have to be root, and if you're root you don't really need AT commands to exfiltrate data.

someguydave on Aug 25, 2018 | [–]

Or you could be the cellular telco/hacker who knows how to program/attack the baseband from the RF side.

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