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The first fully open source phone (RISC-V?[0]) that ditches the 3G chip and goes wifi only using either software defined radio or open source wifi chipset (RIS
by hardwaresofton 8y ago
The first fully open source phone (RISC-V?[0]) that ditches the 3G chip and goes wifi only using either software defined radio or open source wifi chipset (RISCV again?[1]) will be the only thing to fix this IMO.
We have the means to have secure communication over insecure channels with asymmetric crypto signing+encryption (which doesn't seem broken at least for now), the problem is semi-solved at the software layer -- we now need to solve the privacy/security issue at the layers below software.
[0]: https://riscv.org/ https://riscv.org/
[1]: https://riscv.org/2018/10/hackaday-article-new-part-day-the-risc-v-chip-with-built-in-neural-networks/ https://riscv.org/2018/10/hackaday-article-new-part-day-the-...
- rapsey 8y agoWifis are often absolutely terrible for low latency applications such as voip (buffer bloat). Also that means your phone only works at home and in the office
- acct1771 8y agoAs discussed elsewhere: https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mifi/ https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mifi/
- hardwaresofton 8y agoYes, but this is only if you subscribe to wifi as it exists today, or near you. It's becoming increasingly common to rent portable wifi devices from 3G carriers, and if long distance wifi mesh networks ever take off things will be even better. The idea is to not have your primary mobile computing platform be compromised, if you can prevent it. Also, see the sibling post to this -- https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mifi/ https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mifi/