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Signal runs just fine on an iPod Touch (after a little fussing around getting it set up with a phone number...) If you're paranoid enough, it's easy enough to
by bigiain 9y ago
Signal runs just fine on an iPod Touch (after a little fussing around getting it set up with a phone number...)
If you're paranoid enough, it's easy enough to avoid installing things that're likely to be crapware on your secure comms device.
Apart from Signal, the only other non iOS supplied apps I have installed on mu iPod are a bitcoin wallet and Onion Browser - both of which I angst a little about, since they're both in the first category of app I'd attempt to subvert if I were a nation state actor, or a blackhat looking to steal bitcoin from people least likely to report it to authorities...
- lmm 9y agoIf you're willing to adopt "run a dedicated device for crypto" approach, something like Tails running on a USB-key-like device gives you the same kind of security position and without having to trust Apple.
- bigiain 8y agoYeah, I do that too (and an offline wallet on a RasPi which has never been internet connected) - but for secure messaging and for some bitcoin transactions, I want that device in my pocket. I treat the iPod cryptocurrency wallet like, well, a wallet - containing amounts I feel comfortable carrying around (like the couple of hundred in cash I might have in my wallet at any time). I "trust" Apple enough to store that. I wouldn't treat the iPod as a bank, storing significant or lifechanging amounts of value.