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CamperBob2 on June 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Congressman requests subpoena of NSA’s White House...

I wouldn't expect to get away with it on all phones all the time. But certain phones targeted by surveillance malware? Sure.

Malware can't run when the power management logic has shut down the SoC and baseband hardware.

marshray on June 16, 2013 [–]

There are many processors and subsystems in modern cellphones. Malware could continue to run on some of them while the rest are sleeping.

How many people actually measure the battery life of their phone when they believe it's off?

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