Qualcomm Assisted-GPS Data Insecure Transmission

Assisted GPS/GNSS data provided by Qualcomm for compatible receivers is often being served over HTTP without SSL. Additionally many of these files do not provide a digital signature to ensure that data was not tampered in transit. This can allow a network-level attacker to mount a MITM attack and modify the data while in transit. While HTTPS and digitally-signed files are both available, they are newer and not widely used yet.

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