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ignoramoustoday at 2:54 PM1 replyview on HN

> Phones typically have 2 operating systems

A separate OS runs the security chip (like Titan). Another could be running in EL3 (Trusted Execution Environment), yet many could be running in Realms (mutually untrusted VMs). The later stage bootloaders and some firmware (ex: GPUs) themselves could be considered OSes in their own right.


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w3ll_w3ll_w3lltoday at 3:03 PM

Also, the SIM card has its own operating system.

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