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Since cameras and mics are embedded in all kinds of consumer devices these days, it makes me think we need a site that recommends devices that DONT include surv
by kareemm 7y ago
Since cameras and mics are embedded in all kinds of consumer devices these days, it makes me think we need a site that recommends devices that DONT include surveillance as a “feature”. Sort of a Wirecutter for privacy.
Does this exist?
- woodrowbarlow 7y agowell it really depends how far down the rabbit hole you want to go. a laptop running OSS is better than a laptop running win10, but then there's usually still intel ME doing goodness knows what. a phone running sailfish or f-droid is better than OEM android, but there's still your cellular service provider selling location data to goodness knows who. anyway, check out the pinebook (laptop), librem 5 (phone), mycroft (voice assistant).
- username7 7y agoYep. Two phones hacked already, could be a us-based three letter or could be something else. Can find the hacking only because of transperancy into some components of the network, but certainly that does not include my phone... Just another ant on the ant hill, the only difference is that I was able to identify that I had compromised security (with the phone)... I want to go all the way down the rabbit hole & can hardly wait for the lebrim 5. “Those that would give up a little liberty for security deserve neither liberty, nor security”- my attitude is those who were spying on me can go screw themselves!
- neon_electro 7y agoMozilla Foundation has a site called *privacy not included that I think attempts to accomplish what you're asking for: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/
- kareemm 7y agoThis is pretty helpful. In a perfect world it picks a category (eg. smoke detectors) and recommends a privacy-aware product along with trade offs.